Mushroom Tarts

[HardwareGrl]

A great appetizer, oh heck, I could make a meal of these….

Mushroom Tarts

Crust-
3oz Cream Cheese
½ c butter or margarine
1c flour (or 1c gluten free flour mix of your choice, and 1/2t xanthan gum)
Cream together the cream cheese and butter. Add flour and mix well with a fork or a pastry cutter.
Take a golf ball sized ball of crust and press it into a muffin pan cup covering the bottom and sides. Repeat till all cups have a crust. Chill.
Please note: this size recipe will create about 16 shells.

Filling-
8oz fresh mushrooms
¼ c. fresh parsley
5 green onions
3 T butter or margarine
2 T Vegetable Oil
½ t salt
¾ t ground marjoram
6 T grated sharp cheddar cheese
6 T bread crumbs
Finely chop the mushrooms in a food processer. Remove them and mince the parsley, remove them and mince the green onion.
In a frying pan, heat the butter and oil. Add the minced vegetables and sauté over medium heat for about 6 minutes. The vegetables will start to give off their liquid and thicken a little. Transfer mixture to a bowl and add the salt, marjoram, grated cheese, and bread crumbs. Mix well. Divide the filling among the chilled tart shells. Bake in a preheated 350 degree oven for 20 to 25 minutes. Let cool for 5 minutes before unmolding.

Another big croud pleaser

[Brutus]

I've been looking for different things to serve on "your" Thanksgiving (being Canadian, eh!). It's just the wife and I so a whole turkey is out of the question but I'm looking for sides that are different...outside the pale. I like this idea and will steal and modify it...You don't mind do you? I think there is a whole thread chatting about shrooms too. Not sure if the focus is on their edibility though!

[HardwareGrl]

(11-22-2010 05:12 PM)Brutus Wrote:  I've been looking for different things to serve on "your" Thanksgiving (being Canadian, eh!). It's just the wife and I so a whole turkey is out of the question but I'm looking for sides that are different...outside the pale. I like this idea and will steal and modify it...You don't mind do you? I think there is a whole thread chatting about shrooms too. Not sure if the focus is on their edibility though!

Please feel free, its a great recipe, but there is always room for variation. I have been pondering taking just the filling and increasing the bread to create a "stuffing" for beef dishes.....very yummy!
I have also taken the filling and allowed it to cool, and then whipped some eggs and added it to the filling, put it into the tart shells and baked for mini-quiches.

[Mufasa]

How good would these be with au ju from say, a nice T-bone, or prime rib?
WUF!

[HardwareGrl]

(11-22-2010 08:37 PM)Mufasa Wrote:  How good would these be with au ju from say, a nice T-bone, or prime rib?
WUF!

Perfect!
Alpha carivores unite!!!!!!

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(11-22-2010 05:12 PM)Brutus Wrote:  I've been looking for different things to serve on "your" Thanksgiving (being Canadian, eh!). It's just the wife and I so a whole turkey is out of the question but I'm looking for sides that are different...outside the pale. I like this idea and will steal and modify it...You don't mind do you? I think there is a whole thread chatting about shrooms too. Not sure if the focus is on their edibility though!

P.S. You are going to post your variation, right? I'd love to see what you come up with!