Stuffed Mushrooms with Feta & Spinach Recipe
- 1 cup chopped yellow onion
- 1 10-oz pkg chopped frozen spinach, thawed & squeezed
- 8 oz bacon slices
- 4 oz crumbled Feta cheese
- 4 oz cream cheese room temperature
- 3/8 tsp crushed red pepper
- 4 lbs button mushrooms (about 72), stemmed
- Preheat oven to 375.
- Cook bacon in skillet on medium high until crisp, about 8 min.
- Transfer to paper towels, pat dry and crumble.
- Discard all but 1/4 cup bacon fat.
- Heat 2 tsps reserved bacon fat in heavy medium skillet over medium heat.
- Add chopped onion and saute until tender, about 4 min.
- Transfer to medium bowl.
- Add bacon, spinach, feta, cream cheese, and crushed red pepper to the bowl.
- Mix to ensure that red pepper is evenly distributed, adding salt and black pepper to taste.
- Take two large, rimmed baking sheets and line with foil.
- Toss mushrooms and rest of bacon fat (substitute extra virgin olive oil for healthier mushrooms) in large bowl to coat.
- Sprinkle with salt and pepper.
- Place mushrooms, rounded side down, with small space between each.
- Bake mushrooms about 25 minutes.
- Turn mushrooms over and bake until brown and liquid is evaporated, about 20 minutes longer.
- Turn mushrooms over again and spoon 1 heaping tsp of filling into each mushroom cavity.
- (Everything up to this point can be prepared up to 1 day ahead of time, and mushrooms can be covered and refrigerated).
- Bake mushrooms an additional 10 minutes with stuffing...until heated through.
- Transfer to a platter and serve warm.
- Makes about 72 mushrooms...enough as Hors d'oeuvre for about 12-16.
yellow onion, frozen spinach, bacon, feta cheese, cream cheese, red pepper, button mushrooms
Taken from cookeatshare.com/recipes/stuffed-mushrooms-with-feta-spinach-287 (may not work)