Roasted garlic, spinach, chorizo stuffed mushrooms in a Chardonnay Pecorino sauce
6 medium stuffing mushrooms, cleaned and cored out for stuffing
1 spicy Chorizo sausage, minced
4 cloves garlic, roasted and minced
1lb fresh (or frozen) spinach
1 handful fresh cilantro, chopped
1 large scallion, sliced thin
1/4 cup bread crumbs
1/2 cup shredded Pecorino cheese
1/2 cup dry Chardonnay
1/2 stick butter (or margarine)
1 tbsp Extra virgin olive oil
cracked pepper and kosher salt to taste
Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
In a large skillet, saute the chorizo. After browned, add olive oil and saute garlic and scallions then add spinach and cilantro stir quickly and add 1/4 cup of the Chardonnay, salt and pepper and allow to reduce.
After reduction, let cool by transferring contents into a bowl. Add to this bowl, 1/2 of the Pecorino cheese and all of the bread crumbs. Stir thoroughly.
In a greased glass baking dish, place stuffing mushrooms open side up, stuff each judiciously with contents from bowl. Place in oven, uncovered for 15-20 minutes, until top of stuffing is baked.
While mushrooms are baking, prepare Chardonnay pecorino sauce: In small saucepan on medium heat, add butter, Chardonnay and rest of pecorinoi cheese. Add cracked pepper. Stir while turning up heat until almost a boil. Once sauce thickens, put on lowest heat setting and cover. To plate, Remove mushrooms and place on center of plate, and drizzle the Chardonnay pecorino cheese sauce over top.
1 spicy Chorizo sausage, minced
4 cloves garlic, roasted and minced
1lb fresh (or frozen) spinach
1 handful fresh cilantro, chopped
1 large scallion, sliced thin
1/4 cup bread crumbs
1/2 cup shredded Pecorino cheese
1/2 cup dry Chardonnay
1/2 stick butter (or margarine)
1 tbsp Extra virgin olive oil
cracked pepper and kosher salt to taste
Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
In a large skillet, saute the chorizo. After browned, add olive oil and saute garlic and scallions then add spinach and cilantro stir quickly and add 1/4 cup of the Chardonnay, salt and pepper and allow to reduce.
After reduction, let cool by transferring contents into a bowl. Add to this bowl, 1/2 of the Pecorino cheese and all of the bread crumbs. Stir thoroughly.
In a greased glass baking dish, place stuffing mushrooms open side up, stuff each judiciously with contents from bowl. Place in oven, uncovered for 15-20 minutes, until top of stuffing is baked.
While mushrooms are baking, prepare Chardonnay pecorino sauce: In small saucepan on medium heat, add butter, Chardonnay and rest of pecorinoi cheese. Add cracked pepper. Stir while turning up heat until almost a boil. Once sauce thickens, put on lowest heat setting and cover. To plate, Remove mushrooms and place on center of plate, and drizzle the Chardonnay pecorino cheese sauce over top.