Caroline and Brian's Stuffed Mushrooms

These fantastic portobello mushrooms are stuffed with a seasoned turkey sausage and cream cheese mixture. Even those who don't usually like mushrooms will love these!

• Preparation Time: 30 mins
• Cooking Time: 40 mins
• Total Time: 1 hr 10 mins
• Calories: 172 Calories

Ingredients

• 2 tablespoons grated Parmesan cheese
• ½ cup cream cheese, softened
• 1 teaspoon ground black pepper
• ½ teaspoon ground cayenne pepper
• ½ cup seasoned bread crumbs
• 1 tablespoon crushed garlic
• 3 cloves garlic, peeled and chopped
• 5 portobello mushrooms
• 1 turkey sausage link, without casing

Recipe Instructions

Step 1

Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).

Step 2

Remove stems from portobello mushrooms. Arrange the mushroom caps, bottoms up, on a medium baking sheet. Chop the stems and set aside.

Step 3

Place turkey sausage link on a small baking sheet. Cook uncovered in the preheated oven 15 minutes, or until the interior is no longer pink. Remove from heat and chop.

Step 4

In a medium saucepan over medium heat, mix together chopped mushroom stems, chopped sausage, chopped garlic, crushed garlic, cayenne pepper, black pepper and seasoned bread crumbs. Slowly cook and stir 5 to 7 minutes, or until bread crumbs begin to brown. Remove from heat, allow to cool approximately 10 minutes and transfer to a medium bowl.

Step 5

Mix cream cheese and Parmesan cheese into the mushroom stem mixture. Stuff the mushroom caps with the mixture.

Step 6

Bake stuffed mushrooms in the preheated oven 20 minutes, or until stuffing is lightly browned.