Recipes

Nut-Stuffed Mushrooms

Serves 4

25 minutes

5 very large flat mushrooms - 1 per person plus 1 extra mushroom for the stuffing- or 10 medium-large mushrooms if not available
1 large onion
2 garlic cloves
2 tsp olive oil
60g/2oz mixed unsalted nuts (brazils/hazelnuts/almonds/walnuts)
1 tbsp vegan margarine
½ tsp dried thyme
½ tsp dried rosemary
1 tbsp chopped fresh herbs eg parsley, fennel, dill, chives
Salt and pepper to taste.

Cut the stems from the mushrooms and finely dice these along with one whole mushroom.
Finely dice the onion and crush the garlic cloves.
Preheat the oven to 400°F/200°C/Gas Mark 6.
Place the onion and garlic in a saucepan with the olive oil and sweat them in the oil until the onion is soft and beginning to brown.
Add the chopped mushroom stalks and sweat the vegetables for a few more minutes.
Meanwhile, lightly toast the mixed nuts in a medium oven or grill and remove the skins.
Grind the mixed nuts fairly finely in a food processor or using a mortar and pestle and add to the pan along with the margarine, dried herbs, fresh herbs and salt and pepper to taste. Mix to combine.
Place the field mushrooms, stem side up, on a baking tray.
Divide the mixture between the mushrooms and spread over the surface of each one.
Bake in the oven for 5-8 minutes or until the tops are beginning to brown and the mushrooms are just cooked.
Serve a mushroom on each plate along with a salad garnish.

Adapted from Vegetarian Cooking Without by Barbara Cousins - available from Viva!

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