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Portobello Mushrooms Stuffed with Cheese and Herbs
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Portobello Mushrooms Stuffed with Cheese and Herbs

Large portobello mushrooms stuffed with a mix of melted cheeses and herbs. An impressive, decadent starter.

⏱ 40 min🍽 4 servings 🌍 Mediterranean👩‍🍳 Afoona🧩 2 parts

👨‍🍳 Method

To assemble

  1. 1
    Preheat the oven to 200°C (390°F).
    ⚙ Preheating the OvenOven
    💡Put things in the oven only once it's reached temperature, after the heating light has gone off: an oven that hasn't reached temperature changes baking times, and the bake burns outside or stays underbaked.
  2. 2
    Wipe the mushrooms and remove the stems.
    Kitchen towel
  3. 3
    Finely chop the stems.
    KnifeCutting board
  4. 4
    Heat the olive oil in a pan over medium heat.
    ⚙ Pan-fryingStoveFrying pan
  5. 5
    Add and fry 5–8 minutes, stirring now and then, until the onion is soft and translucent and starts to turn golden at the edges. If it browns too fast, lower the heat.
    ⚙ Adding to the hot fat and fryingStove
    💡Add by cooking time: what needs long (onion, carrot, meat) goes in first, and what burns fast (garlic, dry spices) goes in last, only until fragrant.
  6. 6
    Add the garlic and fry about 30 seconds to 1 minute, just until fragrant. Don't let the garlic brown.
    ⚙ Adding to the hot fat and fryingStove
  7. 7
    Add the chopped stems and fry 3 minutes.
    Stove
  8. 8
    Remove from the heat and add the parsley and basil leaves.
  9. 9
    Fill the caps with the filling.
  10. 10
    Arrange the mushrooms in a baking pan.
    Baking pan
  11. 11
    Scatter the cheese, Parmesan and breadcrumbs on top, and season with salt and black pepper.
  12. 12
    Bake 20–25 minutes, until the cheese is bubbling and golden.
    ⚙ BakingOvenBaking pan
    💡Check by the cue (until…), not just the clock: every oven bakes a little differently.
334calories
23 gprotein
12 gcarbs
23 gfat
● protein 27%● carbs 13%● fat 60%

Per serving (283 g), of 4 servings

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⚖ About the ingredients

🔧 Tools needed (7) · 🍳 2 cooking vessels

  • Oven · 💡 Workaround, changes the dish: Toaster oven (Fits one small pan; good for small batches) · Air fryer (Small batches only, no runny batters) · Pot (Only for covered stews on the stovetop, no browning on top)
  • Stove · 💡 Workaround, changes the dish: Portable hot plate (one weaker burner) · Camping gas stove (One burner, outdoors) · Electric pressure cooker (multicooker) (One pot, no real shallow frying)
  • Frying pan · Also works: Wok (None) · 💡 Workaround, changes the dish: Pot (High sides, slow evaporation and weak browning)
  • Baking pan · Also works: Glass / ovenproof baking dish (None) · Disposable pan (None)
  • Cutting board · Also works: Plate (Large plate, dulls the knife)
  • Knife · Also works: Food processor (Fast, less control over size) · Kitchen shears (For herbs/dough)
  • Kitchen towel · Also works: Plastic wrap (Plastic wrap over the bowl) · Paper towels (None)

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