Cheese Wild Mushroom N Bacon Pie Food

CHEESE 'N BACON STUFFED MUSHROOM RECIPE

Steps:

• Heat oven to 350°F.
• Remove stems from mushrooms; discard or reserve for another use.
• Mix remaining ingredients; spoon into mushroom caps. Place, filled-sides up, in shallow baking dish.
• Bake 18 to 20 min. or until heated through.

MUSHROOM & BACON PIE

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F.
• Heat the oil in a large skillet over medium-high heat. Add the mushrooms, onion and bacon; cook & stir for about 5 minutes, or until vegetables are tender.
• Reduce the heat to medium, and add the cream and dill; cook and stir for about 10 more minutes. Remove from the heat, & stir in the cheese.
• Place one sheet of puff pastry on a well-oiled baking sheet, and pour the mushroom filling over the top. Cover with the other sheet, and press the edges together to seal. Make some holes in the top with a fork. Brush the top with beaten egg.
• Bake for about 40 minutes in the preheated oven, or until golden brown.

ROUND 2 RECIPE-BACON AND MUSHROOM QUICHE

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 375 degrees F.
• In a large skillet over medium heat, add the bacon and cook until crisp. Remove from pan and drain on a brown paper bag or paper towels and reserve the fat in the pan. Chop the bacon when cooled and reserve.
• To the same skillet with reserved bacon fat, add the onions and mushroom stems and cook until the onions are translucent and the mushrooms are browned, about 5 minutes.
• In a large bowl mix together the eggs, milk, herbs and salt and pepper, to taste. Stir in the cheese, the reserved bacon and the mushroom mixture.
• Pour the filling into the pie crust. Put on a baking sheet and bake until the quiche has set and top and crust has browned, about 30 to 35 minutes.

MACARONI CHEESE WITH MUSHROOMS

Steps:

• Fill a large sauté pan with boiling water. Tip in the macaroni and cook according to the pack instructions. (It may take slightly longer than suggested). Meanwhile, trim, wash and slice the leeks, quarter the mushrooms and roughly chop the tomatoes.
• Drain the pasta and keep warm. Heat the oil in the pan. Add the leeks and mushrooms and fry for 4-6 mins until the leeks are tender. Toss in the tomatoes at the last minute. Season with salt if you want to and black pepper. Stir in the macaroni and let it warm through, then crumble the cheese over.

WILD MUSHROOM MACARONI AND CHEESE

Steps:

• To make the Mushrooms: Soak porcini in boiling-hot water, stirring occasionally, until softened, about 15 minutes.
• Meanwhile, wash leeks.
• Strain porcini through a paper towel lined sieve into a bowl, reserving liquid. Squeeze liquid from mushrooms into sieve, then rinse mushrooms well to remove any grit and chop.
• Cook leeks in butter in a 12-inch heavy skillet over medium heat, stirring occasionally, until tender, about 8-10 minutes. Increase heat to high, then add all the mushrooms, reserved soaking liquid, and wine and boil, stirring occasionally, until mushrooms are softened, about 5 minutes.
• Strain through a clean sieve into a liquid measuring cup, pressing hard on and reserving mushrooms.
• Return liquid to skillet and boil it until it is reduced to 1/3 cup, about 5 minutes. Add cream and boil over medium-high heat, stirring occasionally until thickened, about 3 minutes. Add mushrooms, 1/2 teaspoon salt and 1/4 teaspoon pepper, and boil, stirring, 1 minute. Transfer to a 3-quart shallow baking dish.
• To make the macaroni: Preheat oven to 400 degrees with rack in the middle.
• Cook macaroni in pasta pot of boiling salted water until al dente. Drain and rinse with cold water to stop cooking, then drain again.
• Meanwhile, heat milk in a small heavy saucepan over medium-low heat until hot.
• Melt butter in a heavy medium pot over medium-low heat, then whisk in flour and cook, whisking, 3 minutes.
• Whisk in hot milk, Worcestershire sauce, mustard and 1/4 teaspoon pepper and boil over medium heat, whisking constantly, 2 minutes, then whisk in 3 cups cheese until melted.
• Remove from heat and stir in macaroni and 1 1/2 cups cheese. Spread over mushrooms.
• Sprinkle evenly with remaining 1/2 cup cheese. Bake until golden, about 30 minutes.

CHEDDAR CHEESE AND MUSHROOM PIE

Steps:

• Melt butter in large skillet over medium, heat.
• Add onion; cook 2 minutes.
• Add mushrooms, salt, pepper, Worcestershire and lemon juice.
• Cook 5 minutes, stirring occasionally.
• Drain mushroom mixture.
• Heat oven to 375°F.
• Combine mushroom and cheese; mix well.
• Turn into pastry shell.
• Arrange pastry strips, lattice fashion on top of filling. (I use full top and cut design in it).
• Trim ends even with edges of shell.
• Moisten and fold overhang over strip ends.
• Flute edges.
• Beat egg yolk and water and brush over pastry.
• Bake 35 to 40 minutes or until pastry is golden.
• Serve hot or cold.
• Better to let cool for 5 to 10 minutes before cutting.

CHEESE, MUSHROOM AND BACON OVEN-BAKED OMELET

Steps:

• Heat oven to 350 degrees (set oven rack to second-lowest position).
• Butter an 8-inch square baking dish.
• Melt butter in a skillet; add in mushroom slices and cook over medium heat until mushrooms are tender (about 6-8 minutes, adding in the chopped green onions the last 2 minutes of cooking) set aside.
• In a bowl whisk together milk with eggs, flour, salt and black pepper until frothy, then stir in 1 cup grated cheddar cheese, cooked bacon and mushrooms/onion mixture.
• Pour into buttered baking dish, then sprinkle with grated parmesan cheese (if using).
• Bake uncovered for about 20 minutes or until the eggs are set in the center.
• Remove sprinkle with the remaining 1/2 cup cheddar cheese and return to oven for another couple of minutes until cheese is melted.