Sunday, September 7, 2008

Why not stuffed mushrooms?

Because your friends will eat them in no time flat! They're so good you won't mind burning your tongue to get the first bite.

10 portobella stuffing mushrooms
8 oz. goat cheese
8 cloves of garlic
1/8 - 1/4 cup Pinot Grigio
1 cup pine nut oil (olive oil works too)
6 dried tomatoes
1/2 cup ground pistachios
black pepper
salt
fresh parsley

Remove stems from mushrooms and set aside on baking sheet lined with aluminum foil. Chop garlic, dried tomatoes, and mushroom stems. Heat 1/8 cup pine oil in skillet. Add garlic and minced dried tomatoes to cook for about 1-2 minutes before adding mushroom stems. Add ground pepper and salt to taste. Cook 1-2 minutes longer. Add wine and simmer for a couple minutes. Turn off heat, and stir in goat cheese.

Brush a good amount of pine nut oil on each mushroom and coat with ground pistachios (coating with ground pistachios is optional). Stuff mushrooms with goat cheese mixture. Broil mushrooms for about 10-15 minutes or until tender. Before serving, sprinkle fresh parsley on mushrooms. For spicy mushrooms, sprinkle dried red chili pepper flakes.

Note: I wrote this while watching BBC's production of "Love Me Love My Doll." Wowsers.

STAY TUNED FOR "COOKING WITH BABY," a new Mable production.

3 comments:

billy said...

Overnight, very
Whitely, discreetly,
Very quietly

Our toes, our noses
Take hold on the loam,
Acquire the air.

Nobody sees us,
Stops us, betrays us;
The small grains make room.

Soft fists insist on
Heaving the needles,
The leafy bedding,

Even the paving.
Our hammers, our rams,
Earless and eyeless,

Perfectly voiceless,
Widen the crannies,
Shoulder through holes. We

Diet on water,
On crumbs of shadow,
Bland-mannered, asking

Little or nothing.
So many of us!
So many of us!

We are shelves, we are
Tables, we are meek,
We are edible,

Nudgers and shovers
In spite of ourselves.
Our kind multiplies:

We shall by morning
Inherit the earth.
Our foot's in the door.

Sylvia Plath ~ Mushrooms

Anonymous said...

Holy crackers this is an awesome recipe!! Thanks for letting me sample, Mable! I will be making these when you come over next.

Angela Chaos said...

Yes thanks for letting me sample this. So good!