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[alyse]

Mushroom Puffs
12 cup mushrooms
9oz defrosted frozen puff pastry
1/2 oz butter
1/2 teaspoon dried marjoram
freshly ground black pepper
1 egg, lightly beaten

Cheese sauce
1 oz stilton cheese
5oz natural yoghurt
2 spring onions, finely sliced
salt and freshly ground black pepper

1. Trim the mushroom stalks level with the caps, then chop the stalks finely and reserve.
2. Roll out the pastry thinly on a lightly floured surface. Then, using a 7.5cm/3 inch fluted round cutter, cut out 24 pastry rounds.
3. Place one mushroom, stalk side up, on each of 12 pastry circles. Put a small knob of butter, a pinch of marjoram and a sprinkling of pepper on each mushroom.
4. Brush the edges of each mushroom-topped pastry circle with beaten egg, then place a second circle of pasty on top. Bring together the pastry edges, pressing well to seal. Flute the edges.
5. Dampen 2 baking sheets and transfer the puffs to them. Cover the puffs with cling film and refrigerate for 15 minutes.
6. Heat the oven to 220C/425F/Gas 7.
7. Meanwhile make the stilton sauce: crumble the cheese into a serving bowl, add a little yoghurt and mix together with a fork until fairly smooth. Stir in the remaining yoghurt, reserved mushroom stalks and half the spring onions. Sprinkle the remaining spring onions on top of the sauce, cover with cling film and refrigerate.
8. Brush the tops of the puffs with the remaining beaten egg, then bake in the oven for 10-15 minutes until well-risen and golden brown.
9. Pile the hot puffs on to a warm serving plate and serve with the chilled sauce handed separately.

I was going to make this today, after ordering all the ingredients (Tesco online shopping saved my life! More at 10) but then I realised I have no Stilton. ::weeps for Stilton::. I may have to venture into the hell that is weekend shopping at Tescos after all, but at least I didn't have to cart back ::cough:: boxes of diet coke or ::cough:: boxes of catfood.

Hey, I have a lot of cats and I get thirsty!

I just sent this recipe to Munchie, and for some reason Eudora thinks that the message may possibly be considered rude or abusive. It's given it two out of three possible chili peppers. Why? Because of the frequent mention of the word 'stalks'. Yes. Because mushroom stalks are just so threatening.

I will hit you with my mushroom stalks. Ph34r m3!

Comments

[munchkinott.livejournal.com]

You may say that now, but just you wait until YOU'VE been mushroom stalked. :-)

(have to go wake mumsie up now and say nasty things to her like 'need marjoram - lets go to Sainsbury's'.:-))

[alyse]

Heh. Don't forget the Stilton ::g::

[munchkinott.livejournal.com]

Forget the stilton? Never! For stilton is my OTC!