Mushrooms Stuffed With Cream Cheese Italian Sausage And Green O Food

ITALIAN SAUSAGE STUFFED MUSHROOMS

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 425 degrees F. Remove the stems from 24 large cremini mushrooms (finely chop the stems for the filling).
• Wipe the caps clean with a damp paper towel, then toss with 2 tablespoons olive oil and season with salt . Arrange on a baking sheet.
• Cook 4 ounces sweet Italian sausage (casing removed) in a skillet with olive oil over medium heat, breaking up the meat, until no longer pink, 3 minutes. Add 1/2 finely chopped fennel bulb and the chopped mushroom stems and cook until tender, 3 minutes. Add 2 chopped garlic cloves, season with red pepper flakes and cook 1 minute. Let cool, then mix with 1 cup breadcrumbs, 1/2 cup shredded fontina and 2 tablespoons each grated parmesan, chopped parsley and chopped green olives. Divide among the mushroom caps.
• Bake until the mushrooms are tender and the filling is golden, 15 to 17 minutes. Let cool 5 minutes, then remove from the baking sheet.

STUFFED MUSHROOMS WITH CREAM CHEESE & SAUSAGE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 Fahrenheit.
• Separate caps and stems while cleaning the mushrooms.
• If cleaning with water, let them drain for a bit.
• Start cooking the sausage in frying pan, at a medium to medium/high temperature.
• While the sausage is cooking, put the cream cheese into a mixing bowl so it can soften and mince the stem pieces.
• Spice the sausage to taste. Garlic is a good addition.
• Just before the sausage is done, add the stem pieces and finish cooking.
• Drain off the excess grease and add the sausage/stem mixture into the cream cheese.
• Mix together well using a wooden spoon or your hands. Be careful, as it will be rather hot.
• Set the caps into a 13x9 pan (or larger) with sides.
• Optional! Melt enough butter to just put a little in the bottom of each cap or just brush some over the top of each after they're filled. You can put any extra butter in the bottom of the pan.
• Fill the caps with the cream cheese/sausage/stem mix.
• Add a small amount of water to the bottom of the pan, just enough to cover the bottom.
• Bake for 30 to 45 minutes, or until the tops are crusty and the mushrooms have turned dark.
• Scoop them out of the pan with a slotted spoon and arrange them on a plate.
• Serve warm. They reheat well, so you can make them ahead of time.
• *VARIATION 1: Add dried bread crumbs to the mix to make a larger batch without adding more cream cheese or sausage. Onions are also another popular addition.
• *VARIATION 2: Use one 8oz. box of cream cheese to two 8oz. pkgs of sausage. It makes for a larger batch that is less rich and tastes just as good.
• *FUN HINTS: The cream cheese mix is also very good on bread or crackers! This comes in handy if you you think there might be someone who doesn't like mushrooms - save some of the mix to the side for them to dip with.

SAUSAGE STUFFED MUSHROOMS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 500 degrees F.
• Heat a large skillet over medium high heat. Add oil and mushroom caps and season caps with salt and pepper. Saute caps 5 to 7 minutes, until they are lightly browned and tender on edges. Turn caps up and let juices drain away from caps. Transfer caps to a small nonstick baking sheet. Wipe out skillet and return to heat. Add a touch of oil and sausage to the hot skillet. Brown and crumble sausage for 3 minutes. In a food processor pulse and chop the garlic, add mushroom stems and pulse to chop the mushroom stems. Add celery, onion and red bell pepper to the mushrooms and pulse to chop. Remove mixture from the processor and saute veggies and mushrooms over medium high heat another 3 to 5 minutes. Add dry, defrosted spinach and stir into stuffing. Add chopped bread and cheese to the pan and toss stuffing until bread is moist and stuffing is combined, 2 or 3 minutes. Fill caps with stuffing using a small scoop or large spoon. Place caps in hot oven and reduce heat to 450 degrees F. Bake 6 to 8 minutes to crisp edges of stuffing and set stuffing in mushrooms. Transfer stuffed mushrooms to a serving plate.

SAUSAGE STUFFED MUSHROOMS

Steps:

• Place a rack in the center of the oven. Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F. With a paper towel, wipe off the outsides of mushrooms. Remove and finely chop the stems. Set the caps aside.
• Heat the oil in a large nonstick skillet over medium. Brown the sausage until cooked through, using a sturdy spoon to break apart the meat into small pieces (sausage is kind of a pain to break into small pieces-once I have the pieces fairly small, sometimes I use a potato masher to split them further). This will take about 8 minutes.
• To the skillet, add the mushroom stems, vinegar, salt, and pepper. Cook until the stems are softened, about 4 minutes.
• Stir in the green onion, garlic, and Italian breadcrumbs. Set aside to cool.
• In a large bowl, stir together the cream cheese, egg yolk, and Parmesan with a fork until smoothly combined.
• Fold in the sausage mixture.
• With a spoon, generously fill each mushroom cap so that you create a mound on top. Arrange in a baking dish large enough to hold them snugly in a single layer (they will touch at the edges).
• Bake the stuffed mushrooms until browned and the filling is cooked through, about 20 minutes. Some liquid may seep out; simply leave it behind in the pan.
• Transfer to a serving plate and let cool at least 5 minutes. Sprinkle with fresh parsley. Enjoy warm or at room temperature.

EASY SAUSAGE STUFFED MUSHROOMS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
• Hollow out each mushroom cap, reserving scrapings.
• Heat a skillet over medium-high heat. Cook and stir sausage, onion, and reserved mushroom scrapings in hot skillet until sausage is browned and cooked through, 4 to 6 minutes. Drain and discard grease; return sausage mixture to skillet.
• Stir 3 ounces Parmesan cheese, bread crumbs, garlic, and parsley into sausage mixture. Cook and stir until heated through, 3 to 5 minutes.
• Stuff each mushroom cap with sausage mixture and place on a baking sheet.
• Bake stuffed mushrooms in the preheated oven for 12 minutes. Sprinkle remaining 1 ounce Parmesan cheese over mushrooms and bake until mushrooms are cooked through and cheese is melted and bubbling, about 3 minutes.

SAUSAGE & CREAM CHEESE STUFFED MUSHROOMS

Steps:

• Remove the stems and "core" from your mushrooms and place top side down on a cookie sheet - if they want to roll, just cut a bit off of the top to make it flat so that they won't roll.
• Fry the sausage, until it is cooked through.
• Chop the green onions, using the green part too.
• Mix the cream cheese, cooked sausage, chopped green onions and the soy sauce.
• Place this mixture where your mushroom stems once were and bake in a 350 degree oven for about 20-30 minutes.

ITALIAN SAUSAGE STUFFED MUSHROOMS

Steps:

• Remove mushroom stems; set caps aside. Chop stems; set aside.
• In a skillet, cook sausage over medium heat until no longer pink; remove with a slotted spoon.
• In the drippings, saute onions and mushroom stems.
• Stir in spaghetti sauce and sausage.
• Stuff into mushroom caps.
• Sprinkle with cheese.
• Place in a greased 15-in. x 10-in. x 1-in. baking pan. Bake at 350 degrees F for 12-15 minutes or until cheese is melted.

ITALIAN SAUSAGE STUFFED MUSHROOMS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350.
• Remove stems from mushrooms and chop.
• Brown the sausage, onion, garlic and chopped stems in olive oil, drain well.
• Allow mixture to cool.
• Combine breadcrumbs, Parmesan and egg and add to cooled mixture.
• Stuff mixture into mushroom caps and bake 15-20 minutes.
• Remove from oven and sprinkle with reserved Parmesan.

MUSHROOMS STUFFED WITH CREAM CHEESE, ITALIAN SAUSAGE AND GREEN O

Steps:

• In a large frying pan crumble and cook the sausage until well browned.
• Stir in the sliced onions and then add the cream cheese and cook, stirring frequently, until the cream cheese has melted.
• Add milk if the mixture is too thick.
• Set aside.
• Clean the mushrooms and remove the stems.
• Fill the mushrooms with the sausage stuffing.
• Bake on a greased baking sheet, 350F for 20-30 minutes.
• Serve at once.