Portabella Caps Stuffed With Eggplant And Gorgonzola Food

PORTOBELLO MUSHROOMS STUFFED WITH EGGPLANT AND GORGONZOLA

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 375°F. Arrange mushrooms, rounded side down, on large baking sheet. Heat oil in heavy medium skillet over medium heat. Add eggplant, sun-dried tomatoes and garlic. Sauté until eggplant is soft, about 8 minutes. Stir in red wine and simmer until liquid evaporates, about 2 minutes. Remove skillet from heat; stir in Gorgonzola cheese and 1 tablespoon basil. Season with salt and pepper. Spoon mixture evenly into mushroom caps. Sprinkle with Parmesan cheese. Cover mushrooms with aluminum foil. Bake mushrooms for 15 minutes. Remove foil and continue baking until cheese melts, filling bubbles and mushrooms are tender when pierced with sharp knife, about 10 minutes. Sprinkle mushrooms with remaining 1 tablespoon basil and serve warm.

GRILLED AND STUFFED PORTOBELLO MUSHROOMS WITH GORGONZOLA

Steps:

• Place a grill pan over medium-high heat or preheat a gas or charcoal grill.
• In a large skillet, heat 2 tablespoons of oil over medium-high heat. Add the turkey sausage and cook, stirring frequently, until cooked through, about 5 minutes. Add the garlic and cook for 1 minute. Remove the pan from the heat. Stir in the mascarpone cheese. Add the thyme, oregano, bread crumbs, 1/2 cup of Gorgonzola, 1/2 teaspoon salt and 1/2 teaspoon pepper. Stir until all ingredients are combined.
• Brush the mushrooms on both sides with the remaining oil and season with salt and pepper. Grill the mushrooms, stem side down, for 3 minutes. Turn the mushrooms over and grill for 2 minutes until tender. Fill each mushroom with the sausage mixture and top with the remaining Gorgonzola. Return the mushrooms to the grill and cook until the stuffing is warmed through and the Gorgonzola starts to melt, about 5 to 7 minutes.
• Cook's Note: The assembled mushrooms can also be placed on a baking sheet and cooked under a preheated broiler until warmed through.

PORTOBELLO MUSHROOMS STUFFED WITH EGGPLANT AND GORGONZOLA

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 375F. Arrange mushrooms, rounded side down, on large baking sheet. Heat oil in heavy medium skillet over medium heat. Add eggplant, sun-dried tomatoes and garlic. Saute until eggplant is soft, about 8 minutes. Stir in red wine and simmer until liquid evaporates, about 2 minutes. Remove skillet from heat; stir in Gorgonzola cheese and 1 tablespoon basil. Season with salt and pepper. Spoon mixture evenly into mushroom caps. Sprinkle with Parmesan cheese. Cover mushrooms with aluminum foil. Bake mushrooms for 15 minutes. Remove foil and continue baking until cheese melts, filling bubbles and mushrooms are tender when pierced with sharp knife, about 10 minutes. Sprinkle mushrooms with remaining 1 tablespoon basil and serve warm. Makes 6 servings. Bon Appetit November 1999 Per serving: 1372 Calories (kcal); 106g Total Fat; (68% calories from fat); 57g Protein; 52g Carbohydrate; 152mg Cholesterol; 2385mg Sodium Food Exchanges: 0 Grain(Starch); 5 Lean Meat; 9 1/2 Vegetable; 0 Fruit; 17 Fat; 1/2 Other Carbohydrates Converted by MM_Buster v2.0n.

PORTABELLA CAPS STUFFED WITH EGGPLANT AND GORGONZOLA

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 375°.
• Arrange mushroom caps, rounded side down, on a large baking sheet which has been lightly coated with cooking spray.
• Heat oil in a heavy skillet over medium heat. Sauté eggplant, tomatoes and garlic until eggplant is soft, 8 - 15 minutes.
• Stir in red wine and simmer until liquid evaporates, another 2 - 5 minutes.
• Remove from heat. Stir in Gorgonzola, 1 T. basil, and season with salt and pepper.
• Spoon mixture evenly into mushroom caps and top with Parmesan cheese.
• Cover mushrooms with foil and bake for 15 minutes. Remove foil and continue baking about 10 minutes more, or until cheese melts, the filling bubbles, and mushrooms are tender when pierced with a sharp knife.
• Garnish with remaining basil and serve warm.

BALSAMIC GORGONZOLA PORTABELLA MUSHROOMS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°F.
• Rinse mushroom caps.
• Cut rough end off of stems.
• Place caps stem side up.
• Smear crushed garlic in caps (to your taste).
• Sprinkle thyme salt and pepper (to your taste).
• Sprinkle cheese over caps to taste (I prefer heavy cheese).
• Drizzle Balsamic over caps, coating each
• Bake for twenty minutes.
• Remove from oven and drizzle juices from the bottom of the pan over caps.
• Serve immediately.

PORTOBELLO WITH EGGPLANT AND ZUCCHINI

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 450°F
• Clean the mushrooms.
• Lightly coat a 13 x 9 x 2-inch baking pan with olive oil.
• Place the mushrooms, cap side down, in the pan and bake for 10 to 14 minutes, or until the mushrooms are tender.
• Sprinkle with salt and pepper and reserve.
• Don't turn off the oven or clean the pan.
• Heat 1 to 2 tbs of olive oil in a large nonstick skillet over medium heat.
• Add the zucchini slices and saute, turning once, until lightly browned, about 5 minutes.
• Remove with a slotted spoon, sprinkle with salt and pepper, and reserve.
• Remove the stems from the eggplants; halve each lengthwise, and then cut into 1/4 inch crescent slices.
• Adding more olive oil if necessary and keeping the skillet hot at all times, add the eggplant and saute, turning once, until lightly browned on both sides, about 5 minutes.
• Remove with a slotted spoon, sprinkle with salt and pepper, and reserve.
• Oil the baking dish again, if necessary, and add the mushrooms, create the layers by topping each mushroom with the zucchini, eggplant, provolone, red pepper, and mozzarella on top.
• Bake the Portobello caps for 6 to 8 minutes, or until the cheese has melted and ingredients are heated through.
• Allow to rest for 5 minutes, before serving. Serves 3-4.
• That's it!

PORTABELLA MUSHROOM CAPS STUFFED WITH GARLIC MASHED POTATOES

Steps:

• Cook potatoes, garlic and bay leaf in boiling water until very tender.
• Drain. Discard bayleaf.
• Return potatoes to pot and mash till smooth.
• Add cream.
• Cool slightly.
• Add Grated cheese. Reserve 1 tbsp to sprinkle on top.
• Season with salt, white pepper and nutmeg.
• Stir in beaten eggs.
• Set aside.
• Mix olive oil, red wine vinegar, salt and freshly ground black pepper, and 1/2 tsp fresh thyme together and brush all over mushroom caps, both sides.
• Set aside.
• Heat 4 tsp olive oil in skillet.
• Add mushroom stems and onions. Saute till soft.
• ADD parsley, rosemary, amd thyme.
• Add red wine and cook til evaporated.
• Season to taste with salt and pepper.
• Bake caps at 400°F for 10 minutes.
• Reduce heat to 350°F.
• Divide onion mixture equally into bottom of caps.
• Mound potato mixture on top.
• Sprinkle with reserved cheese.
• Bake about 25 minutes until potatoes are golden and heated through.
• Enjoy.

STUFFED PORTABELLA CAPS

Steps:

• Remove stems from portobello mushrooms.
• Arrange the mushroom caps, bottoms up, on a medium baking sheet.
• Chop the stems and set aside.
• Place turkey sausage link on a small baking sheet.
• Cook uncovered in the preheated oven 15 minutes, or until the interior is no longer pink.
• Remove from heat and chop.
• In a medium saucepan over medium heat, mix together chopped mushroom stems, chopped sausage, chopped garlic, crushed garlic, cayenne pepper, black pepper and seasoned bread crumbs.
• Slowly cook and stir 5 to 7 minutes, or until bread crumbs begin to brown.
• Remove from heat, allow to cool approximately 10 minutes and transfer to a medium bowl.
• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
• Mix cream cheese and Parmesan cheese into the mushroom stem mixture.
• Stuff the mushroom caps with the mixture.
• Bake stuffed mushrooms in the preheated oven 20 minutes, or until stuffing is lightly browned.

BAKED EGGPLANT WITH PORTABELLAS AND TOMATO SAUCE (VEGETARIAN)

Steps:

• Grease a 2-3-quart oval baking dish (I use my Le Creuset cookware for this recipe!).
• Set oven to broiler heat.
• Grease a large baking sheet.
• Brush each side of eggplant slices with olive oil, then season lightly with salt and black pepper.
• Arrange the eggplant slices on the baking sheet; broil for 3 minutes on each side, or until lightly browned.
• In a large skillet heat 2-4 tablespoons olive oil over medium heat; add in onion, garlic, Italian seasoning, chili flakes (if using) and mushrooms; saute for about 7-8 minutes, or until the liquid from the mushrooms evaporates, season the mixture with salt and pepper.
• Spread HALF the mushroom mixture on the bottom of the dish.
• Arrange HALF the eggplant slices over the mushroom mixture.
• Top with HALF of the tomato sauce and about 1-1/2 cups of the mozza cheese.
• Spread the remaining mushroom mixture over the mozza cheese; top with remaining eggplant slices, then top with remaining tomato sauce.
• Cover and bake in a 375 degree oven for about 1 hour.
• Remove then sprinkle with about 1/3 cup Parmesan cheese and about 1-1/2 cups mozza cheese.
• Return to oven uncovered for another 5-6 minutes or until the cheese melts.
• Let stand about 10-15 minutes before serving.
• Delicious!