Garlic, Goat Cheese, and Grass-Fed Beef Stuffed Baby Bella Mushrooms

Okay, if you're any type of person who likes food—which I'm guessing you are?—you should really give these a try. Let me just get to the point, and you'll see what I mean.



Look at these suckers. Great little baby bella muffins. Pop out the stems and KEEP THEM! I like to clean my mushrooms with a paper towel, but if they're super dirty, go ahead and wash them. Just make doubly sure they're nice and dry before you continue. Slimy mushrooms=yuck.


Here is greatness. About 1/3 C ground GRASS-FED beef (I'm a believer). ALL of the mushroom stems chopped up a bit bigger than "minced" size. And 1/4 a medium white onion. And of course, 2 cloves minced garlic. I'm using my fancy Green Pan nonstick pan, so I didn't "have to" use any olive oil, but I added a smidge because I like the flavor. Also I put a dash of pepper and some kosher salt. Always and only to taste :)



Brown like this. This is such a boring picture, but I figured it shows the degree of cookage you should have. If you're using grass-fed beef do NOT over cook otherwise your beef will dry out fast. So as soon as you're not seeing red you're good.


The cheesy goodness of the filling is made up of the above. Well kinda, one egg YOLK (not the white) a 1/4 C chunk of goat cheese, 1/8 C grated parmesan cheese, and however much milk provides the right consistency—smooth but stiff.

Mix goat cheese, egg yolk, Parmesan cheese, with just enough milk that makes the ingredients wet enough to get smooth—comprende? Add milk a little at a time to make sure you don't make the mixture too wet because you want (or at least I wanted) a stiffer filling.

Stuff those little suckers (the mushrooms) like below. As you can see, I did my usual "top with a bit of green onion" ploy—always seems to work. And now? Stick them in the oven on an olive oiled pan. I wanted them to bake a bit slowly, so I set for 350 for about fifteen minutes, then moved the pan up to the top row and turned the heat up to 450 for about five more minutes. I did this to brown the top of the lil' poppers.


IT WORKED! And let me tell you, I'm making these again (and again and again and again). Don't like goat cheese? Try cream cheese! I haven't done it, but the texture and consistency should make it work.