Portabellaandspinachappetizer Recipes

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 375.
• Place portabella mushrooms, gills up, in a greased baking dish. Set aside.
• Heat oil in a large frying pan over medium heat.
• Add onions and thyme to pan and cook until onions are translucent.
• Add garlic to pan and cook until softened, approximately 2 minutes. Be careful not to burn your garlic.
• Add spinach and breadcrumbs to pan.
• There will probably be little to no liquid in the pan at this point so you will need to add some water to moisten the breadcrumbs. Add a little at a time until the mixture is able to hold itself together nicely. If you add too much water, just keep the pan over the heat until the water has evaporated sufficiently.
• Add the pecans.
• Remove pan from heat and add parmesan cheese.
• Salt and pepper to taste.
• Divide mixture and mound over the portobello mushrooms.
• Add a very light sprinkle of parmesan over the tops, merely for decoration, if you like.
• Bake for 30 minutes until mushrooms are cooked through.

Steps:

• Remove thick end of mushroom stem, leaving about 1/2 inch (1 cm) attached to cap.
• Place, smooth side up, in large, shallow glass dish.
• Combine oil, vinegar, thyme, salt and pepper; pour over mushrooms, turning and brushing to coat evenly.
• Let stand for 15 minutes.
• Reserving marinade, place mushrooms, smooth side down, on greased grill over medium-high heat; close lid and cook for 5 minutes.
• Turn and baste with marinade; cook, covered, for about 3 minutes or until mushrooms yield to the touch when pressed.
• Arrange Parmesan over top; cook, covered, for about 2 minutes or until melted.

Steps:

• In a large bowl, mix together chopped spinach, dry bread stuffing mix, eggs, Parmesan cheese, onion, butter and Cheddar cheese. Cover and chill in the refrigerator approximately 30 minutes.
• Drop the mixture by rounded spoonfuls onto a lightly greased large baking sheet. Place baking sheet in the freezer approximately 1 hour.
• When ready to bake, allow the balls to partially thaw, about 30 minutes.
• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Lightly grease a large baking sheet.
• Bake the balls in the preheated oven 20 to 25 minutes, or until lightly browned.

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°F (180°C).
• Remove stem from portabella mushroom, reserve for later use if you wish. Place portabella mushroom in a baking dish/pan, gill side down. Bake in oven for 6 minutes.
• Remove from oven and flip the portabella over, top with 10 baby spinach leaves, and return to oven for an additional 2-3 minutes, or just until spinach starts to wilt.
• While the mushroom is baking poach one egg, or fry one over-easy.
• Remove spinach topped mushroom from oven, plate, and top with poached egg.
• Heat 1 tbsp of cheese whiz in a microwaveable bowl until melted. Drizzle over egg and mushroom. Serve hot.

Steps:

• Halve portabellas and cut into 1/4-inch-thick slices. Cut cremini into 1/4-inch-thick slices. Chop shallots and in a 12-inch heavy skillet cook half of shallots in half of butter over moderate heat, stirring, 1 minute. Add portabellas and salt and pepper to taste and cook, stirring occasionally, until liquid mushrooms give off is evaporated, about 15 minutes. Transfer portabellas to a bowl and keep warm, covered. Cook remaining shallots in remaining butter over moderate heat, stirring, 1 minute. Add cremini and salt and pepper to taste and cook, stirring occasionally, until liquid mushrooms give off is evaporated, about 10 minutes. Add portabellas to cremini and keep warm, covered. Mushrooms may be prepared up to this point 1 day ahead and chilled, covered.
• Diagonally cut scallions into thin slices. In a bowl whisk together vinegar, soy sauce, and sugar. Heat mushrooms over moderately high heat until hot and add vinegar mixture. Boil mixture 3 minutes, or until liquid is reduced slightly, and stir in scallions.

Steps:

• Preheat your oven's broiler. Clean mushrooms, and remove stems, reserving them for later. Marinate the mushroom caps in Italian dressing for 15 minutes. Remove from marinade, and place into a baking dish.
• Broil at least 6 inches from heat for about 10 minutes. Check occasionally to make sure they do not burn. Turn off the broiler, and preheat the oven to 400 degrees F (200 degrees C).
• Melt butter in a skillet over medium-high heat. Chop reserved mushroom stems. Sautee onion, garlic, mushroom stems and celery until tender. Add the crabmeat, and heat until cooked through, about 5 minutes. Transfer the skillet mixture to a medium bowl, and mix in crackers, 1/3 cup of the cheese blend, and mix until well blended. Use some of the Italian dressing marinade to hold the mixture together if necessary. Pack the crab mixture into the cavities of the mushrooms. Season with salt and pepper to taste.
• Bake for 10 minutes in the preheated oven. Remove from the oven, and sprinkle remaining cheese over the tops, then return to the oven for 3 minutes, or until cheese has melted.

Steps:

• For marinated mushrooms:
• Whisk first 6 ingredients and Marsala, if desired, in medium bowl for marinade. Stir in thyme sprigs. Cut stems from mushrooms and place stems in processor. Arrange mushrooms, gill side up, in 15x10x2-inch glass baking dish. Pour marinade over mushrooms and marinate 4 hours, turning to coat occasionally.
• For filling:
• Cook spinach according to package directions. Drain; cool. Using hands, squeeze excess water from spinach. Place in small bowl.
• Add half of button mushrooms to processor with portobello mushroom stems. Using on/off turns, process until coarsely chopped. Transfer to medium bowl and repeat with remaining mushrooms. Heat oil in heavy large skillet over high heat. Add onion; sauté until beginning to brown, stirring often, about 3 minutes. Add garlic and stir 30 seconds. Add chopped mushrooms, sprinkle with salt, and increase heat to high. Cook until almost all liquid evaporates, stirring often, about 8 minutes. Season mushroom mixture with salt and pepper. Transfer to large bowl; cool to room temperature.
• Add spinach, 1/4 cup Parmesan, and breadcrumbs to mushroom mixture; toss to distribute evenly. Add goat cheese and toss gently to distribute evenly. Season filling to taste with salt and pepper. DO AHEAD: Can be made 2 hours ahead. Cover filling and let stand at room temperature.
• Preheat oven to 400°F. Transfer marinated mushrooms, with some marinade still clinging, to rimmed baking sheet, gill side down. Roast until beginning to soften, about 15 minutes. Turn mushrooms over. Divide filling among mushrooms. Sprinkle remaining 6 tablespoons Parmesan cheese over and bake until heated through and cheese begins to brown, about 15 minutes.

Steps:

• Wash and stem spinach and mushrooms.
• Slice mushrooms including stems.
• Mince garlic (smash each clove before mincing for optimal flavor).
• Heat pan with olive oil; add garlic and saute one minute; add mushrooms and saute for a few minutes.
• Add spinach in batches, so pan doesn't get too crowded (spinach will quickly wilt).
• Add salt and pepper to taste.
• Add parsley.
• Add white wine and stir ingredients one final time.
• Serve hot.

Steps:

• Preheat broiler.
• In a small bowl stir together bread crumbs, Parmesan, parsley, and salt and pepper to taste. Cut off and discard mushroom stems. Put mushrooms, gill sides down, on a baking sheet and brush tops with 1/2 tablespoon oil. Broil mushrooms 2 to 3 inches from heat until golden, about 3 minutes. Turn mushrooms over and season with salt and pepper. Broil mushrooms 3 minutes more. Mound bread-crumb mixture onto mushroom centers and drizzle with remaining 1/2 tablespoon oil. Broil stuffed mushrooms until stuffing is golden brown, 1 to 2 minutes.

Steps:

• Stir fry chicken (cut into ½ inch cubes) in olive oil with basil, onion powder and soy.
• Add any center stalks from mushrooms (chopped) when chicken is brown.
• Drain oil.
• In separate bowl mix broth, spinach, garlic, and chicken mixture.
• Allow to cool a few minutes.
• Stir eggs into cool mixture with a little salt and black pepper.
• Melt butter and rub mushroom caps.
• Add any excess butter into chicken/spinach/broth mixture.
• Pour mixture into mushroom caps and top with bread crumbs.
• Bake at 350, in greased pan, for thirty minutes or until egg mix thickens.
• Squeeze fresh lime juice on top of each and serve.