Italian Appetizer (Antipasti) Recipes - Mushrooms Stuffed with Spinach (Funghi Ripieni con Spinaci) Recipe

Ingredients

• 8 large mushrooms, wiped clean

• 25 g/1 oz/2 tbsp butter, melted

• 1 small onion, chopped

• 1/2 garlic clove, crushed

• 450 g/1lb spinach, cooked and chopped

• Salt and freshly ground black pepper

• 10 ml/2 tsp lemon juice

• 75 g/3 oz Mozzarella, diced as small as possible

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Method:

1. Remove the stalks from the mushrooms and place the caps in an ovenproof dish. Drizzle over half the melted butter. Set aside.

2. Pour the remaining butter into a fry­ing pan (skillet) and cook the onion for 2 minutes. Add the garlic and chopped mushroom stalks.

3. Fry (sauté) for 5 minutes until the vegetables are soft. Add the spinach, salt, pepper and lemon juice to the pan and fry for 2 more minutes.

4. Remove from the heat and spoon the mixture into the mushroom caps.

5. Sprinkle over the Mozzarella cheese and place the dish in a preheated oven at 180°C/350°F/gas mark 4 for 15 minutes.