Ingredients

  • Green Garlic Confit (Molly Wizenburg's method)
  • 1 1/2 cups quarter inch sliced green garlic stalks (I had about 14 medium)
  • 2 tablespoons butter
  • 1/4 cup water
  • 1/2 teaspoon salt
  • For the mushrooms and stuffing
  • 24 white or brown button mushrooms, caps about 1 1/2 to 2 inches in diameter
  • 2 tablespoons extra virgin olive oil
  • 4 ounces softened cream cheese
  • 3/4 cup panko bread crumbs
  • 2 tablespoons finely grated parmesan cheese
  • The green garlic confit
  • Extra virgin olive oil for drizzling

Method

  • In a small sauce pan with a lid, melt the butter and add the sliced green garlic, water and salt. Cover and gently cook the mixture over medium-low heat, stirring often until the liquid is almost all evaporated. This should take about 20 minutes. Set aside to cool a bit while you prep the mushrooms.
  • Remove the stems from the mushrooms (save for another use) and then clean the mushrooms with either a mushroom brush or wipe them with paper toweling.
  • Place the mushrooms in a bowl and toss them with the 2 tablespoons of olive oil and then place them, cap side up on a baking sheet. In a pre heated 425F oven, roast the mushrooms for 5 minutes. Remove from the oven and turn them over. Lower the oven temp to 350F.
  • In a small mixing bowl, combine the cream cheese, panko, parmesan and green garlic confit. Distribute the filling into the mushroom caps and then drizzle a little extra virgin olive oil over each mushroom.
  • Roast the filled mushroom caps at the 350F temp for about twenty minutes or until the filling just begins to brown. Let cool for a minute or two before enjoying warm.