Recipe: Delicious Savory Mushroom Appetizers

Savory Mushroom Appetizers.

You can have Savory Mushroom Appetizers using 7 ingredients and 11 steps. Here is how you achieve it.

Ingredients of Savory Mushroom Appetizers

1. Prepare 1 packages of whole mushrooms, stems removed.
2. You need 1 packages of real bacon crumbles (or make your own).
3. It's 1/2 cup of shredded cheddar cheese.
4. You need 1 packages of cream cheese, softened.
5. You need 1 of spring onion (also called scallions or green onions).
6. You need 1 of fresh tarragon sprigs (optional).
7. You need 1 of fresh chives (optional).

Savory Mushroom Appetizers instructions

1. preheat oven to 350°F.
2. line baking sheet with aluminum foil (clean-up timesaver step, optional).
3. Spray aluminum foil with non-stick cooking spray & arrange mushroom caps stem-side down on baking sheet..
4. Bake in oven for approx 10 min, remove, flip, give another quick shot of cooking spray & put back in oven to cook for another 10 min..
5. remove from oven, if caps are full of water, turn upside down on paper towels to drain while cooling.
6. mix bacon crumbles & cheddar cheese in a bowl.
7. form small balls of bacon mixture to fit inside each mushroom cap, and return to oven for approx 3 min (watch them, time varies depending on size of mushrooms!).
8. remove from oven & let cool..
9. place a smear of cream cheese on top of cooled caps.
10. garnish with spring onion (to make sure you can taste the onion, try to use one slice from the thick part of the onion & one piece of the green for color), or tarragon sprigs with long-cut chives.
11. Variations: If you like the taste or convenience of using the mushrooms raw, simply follow the recipe but don't cook anything (also dramatically reduces time to prepare!) It changes the recipe from being a savory, warm app, to a much fresher, lighter appetizer. :::: also, experiment with different garnishments; green olives instead of the onion added a slightly different kick.