Stuffed Mushrooms

The other day we made stuffed mushrooms. This is one of my favorite recipes because they're a real crowd pleaser and are really easy to prepare. First, we start by removing the stems from about 2 dozen mushrooms and then we put these aside (you're going to use some of them later and can save the rest for tomato sauce, salads, etc). Next, we finely chop 2 cloves of peeled crushed garlic.

After chopping our garlic, we then take a can of minced clams and drain the juice into a separate container. We then rinse the clams of any debris that might still be on them and add them along with the garlic into a medium size mixing bowl.

Next we grate 1 cup of mozzarella cheese, adding 3/4's of the cup into our mix and reserving a 1/4 cup to put on top of our mushrooms after we finish stuffing them. You can use a little more if you really like cheese.

We then add a cup of Italian breadcrumbs and 2 tablespoons of chopped fresh parsley into the mix. After adding our breadcrumbs, we pour in 4 tablespoons of melted butter and 2 tablespoons of olive oil. Next, we chop up a handful of those leftover mushroom stems then add them into the bowl as well. Finally we add 1 egg and the clam juice we reserved earlier and hand mix everything until the mixture is roughly the same consistency of wet sand, (as if you're building a sand castle). We then take another two tablespoons of butter and slice a small individual square to go into the bottom of each mushroom cap. This is a handy method of keeping the mushrooms from drying out while they are cooking in the oven.

Next, we begin overtsuffing our mushrooms like so, and finish by sprinkling some mozzarella cheese on top of all of our mushrooms before they go into the oven. They should cook at 350 degrees for 15 minutes until the tops are brown like shown in the photo.

You can then slice some lemon wedges, garnish and serve. They make a perfect appetizer. This recipe serves 10 (2 mushrooms a piece with roughly 4 leftover if someone wants a 3rd).

This is Mikies recipe and I have to say it's a very good one. I've made this recipe along with her a few times and each time I do, I hog all the credit. Well this time I'll give credit where credit is due... the girl makes some bangin' mushrooms.

RE-CAP OF INGREDIENTS:

• 2 Dozen Mushrooms
• 2 Cloves of Garlic
• 1 Can of Minced Clams
• 1 Cup of Mozzarella Cheese
• 1 Cup of Italian Bread Crumbs
• 6 Tablespoons of Salted Butter
• 1 Egg
• 1 Lemon
• 2 Tablespoons of Olive Oil