Baked Mushrooms with Sausage, Bacon and Tomatoes
Baked Mushrooms with Sausage, Bacon and Tomatoes
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Tip ~ These mushrooms make an excellent supper dish or can be used as a starter.
Ingredients
6 very large field mushrooms
75g butter, at room temperature, plus extra for greasing
1 heaped tablespoon chopped fresh thyme leaves
4 pork and herb sausages, skinned
100g smoked bacon lardons
1 beef tomato, cut into small dice (skin can be left on)
6 tablespoons coarsely grated cheddar
Method
- Remove the mushroom stalks and chop finely.
- Clean the caps and place gill side up in a lightly greased roasting tin.
- Mix the butter, thyme and some seasoning and spread over each one. Scatter with the stalks.
- Pull the sausagemeat into small pieces and pile into the mushrooms with the lardons and tomato.
- Season lightly, cover and chill, this can be done 24 hours in advance.
- Preheat the oven to 190C / gas 5. Bake for 15 minutes or until the bacon and sausage are lightly golden and the mushrooms have softened.
- Remove; sprinkle each mushroom with cheese and bake for a further 5 minutes.