Monday, 29 November 2010

Mushrooms stuffed with blue cheese

Yum - either for lunch with toasted bread and salad or for a starter.

Based on this recipe

Heat oven to 200C. Wipe clean 4 large flat mushrooms (stalks removed and retained) and then thinly coat outside with oil. Put skin side down on a baking tray. Mix 150g danish blue cheese with 150g yogurt (or use rest of a blue cheese 'dip') until quite fine and fill inside of mushrooms. Finely chop the mushroom stalks and gently cook in small amount of butter with half teaspoon of dried thyme and a fat clove of garlic. When the mushroom stalks are soft add 1tbsp sherry, increase the heat and bubble until most of the liquid has evaporated. Split between each of the mushrooms, ie on top of the cheese mixture. Sprinkle some bread crumbs/small bread cubes on top of each followed by a small amount of olve oil. Bake in the oven for about 10 minutes or until mushrooms are soft and the filling bubbling.

Menu for week starting 29 Nov 2010
Smallish shoulder of lamb for lunch on Sunday with only just enough leftover for a greek style salad - yes we are considering a salad despite the artic temperatures.

M Corn Beef and Sweetcorn Hash Lovely recipe from Waitrose
T Gammon and chips with either griddled pineapple slices or fried egg (the family is split between which is best topping)
W Cheese pudding and jacket potatoes
Th Teriaki duck with stir fry vegetables and rice
F TBD

Lunches
Stuffed mushrooms - as above
Thai soup
Lamb and feta greek style salad