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Sausage Stuffed Mushrooms
Recipe courtesy Rachael Ray

Ingredients
1 tablespoon extra-virgin olive oil, one turn of the pan
24 large gourmet stuffing mushroom caps, stems removed and reserved brushed with damp towel
Salt and pepper
Stuffing:
1 1/2 teaspoons extra-virgin olive oil, half a turn of the pan
3/4 pound sweet bulk Italian sausage
4 cloves garlic, chopped
20 stems mushrooms, finely chopped
1 rib of celery and green, leafy top from the heart of the stalk, chopped
1/2 small onion, chopped
1/2 small red bell pepper, seeded and chopped
1 (10-ounce) box chopped frozen spinach, defrosted and squeezed dry
3 slices white bread, toasted and buttered, chopped into small dice
1/3 cup grated Parmigiano or Romano, 2 handfuls

Directions
Preheat oven to 500 degrees F.
Heat a large skillet over medium high heat. Add oil and mushroom caps and season caps with salt and
pepper. Saute caps 5 to 7 minutes, until they are lightly browned and tender on edges. Turn caps up
and let juices drain away from caps. Transfer caps to a small nonstick baking sheet. Wipe out
skillet and return to heat. Add a touch of oil and sausage to the hot skillet. Brown and crumble
sausage for 3 minutes. In a food processor pulse and chop the garlic, add mushroom stems and pulse
to chop the mushroom stems. Add celery, onion and red bell pepper to the mushrooms and pulse to
chop. Remove mixture from the processor and saute veggies and mushrooms over medium high heat
another 3 to 5 minutes. Add dry, defrosted spinach and stir into stuffing. Add chopped bread and
cheese to the pan and toss stuffing until bread is moist and stuffing is combined, 2 or 3 minutes.
Fill caps with stuffing using a small scoop or large spoon. Place caps in hot oven and reduce heat
to 450 degrees F. Bake 6 to 8 minutes to crisp edges of stuffing and set stuffing in mushrooms.
Transfer stuffed mushrooms to a serving plate.