Blue Cheese Stuffed Mushrooms

• 38 Large gourmet mushrooms, stems removed and reserved
• 6 scallions chopped
• 1/2 stick unsalted butter
• mushroom stems, chopped fine
• 10 slices bacon
• 16 oz (448 grm) (or more) blue cheese at room temperature, or blend blue cheese and cream cheese for milder flavor.
• 1 tsp (5 ml) sweet basil
• 1 tsp (5 ml) cardemon
• white wine

1. Clean mushrooms: DO NOT RINSE THEM, BRUSH DIRT OFF WITH ANYTHING DRY (paper towel, brush, etc).
2. Set out a cookie sheet with sides, clean and take out stems (keep stems), and set mushrooms in a row on cookie sheet.
3. Saute stems and scallions until soft.
4. Cool.
5. Cook (on one side only) bacon.
6. Mix blue cheese, basil, cardemon, sour cream in a bowl.
7. Drizzle with wine, blending until mixture has a cookie dough consistency.
8. Stuff the mushrooms with mixture (mound a bit) using two tsp.
9. Cut each bacon slice into fourths and put the side that was NOT cooked up on top of mixture.
10. Broil about 1 minute or two (WATCH IT), until the cheese melts and bacon is crisp.
11. Serve with napkins....its a finger food.
12. Happy eating.

gourmet mushrooms, scallions, butter, mushroom stems, bacon, blue cheese, sweet basil, cardemon, white wine

Taken from online-cookbook.com/goto/cook/rpage/0004EB (may not work)