I always wanted to make a dish with whole mushrooms. Whenever I came across whole mushrooms in the grocery store, I wasn’t quite sure what to make with that. So this appetizer had to wait for so long. But as soon as I had the first bite of it, I felt I shouldn’t have waited this long to make this delicious dish. Anyway I am so glad that I did finally give it a shot.
The mushroom was very tender and the stuffing also tasted good, it literally melted into my mouth. This is really a fun way to make mushrooms.

Ingredients:

• Stuffing mushrooms- 12

For stuffing:

• Mushroom stems chopped – 1/2 cup
• Finely chopped onions- 1
• Finely diced green pepper -1/4 cup
• Finely diced celery- 1/4 cup
• Garlic cloves minced-2
• Butter- 2tbsp
• Bread crumbs- 1/2 cup
• Parmesan cheese-1/4 cup
• Dried oregano leaves-1tsp
• Parsley leaves chopped
• Pepper powder-1/2 tsp
• Salt- as needed

Preparation Method:

• Remove the stems from the whole mushrooms, there should be enough room for the stuffing.
• Chop the stems and keep it aside, we will be using this while making the stuffing.
• Preheat the oven to 400F.
• Bake the mushroom caps for 10mts so that the water oozes out of the mushrooms.
• Combine the bread crumbs, pepper powder and olive oil and roast it until it turns golden brown.

For making the stuffing:

• Heat a deep bottomed skillet.
• Add the butter, when the butter melts, add the onions and saute the onions till translucent.
• Now, add the garlic and all the other veggies, diced celery, diced green peppers, chopped mushroom stems and saute.
• When the veggies starts to brown up, add dried oregano, parsley leaves, salt and pepper powder.
• Mix well and add the roasted bread crumbs and Parmesan cheese, mix everything well.
• Our stuffing is ready, let it cool down.
• Place 2tsp of stuffing into the cap of the baked mushrooms.
• Bake the stuffed mushrooms for 20mts until the mushrooms become tender and the stuffing turns golden brown in color.