Baked mushrooms with polenta and cheese sauce
- Published: 31 Jan 09
- Updated: 18 Mar 24
A fabulously simple vegetarian dish that, at less than £1.50 a head, is cheap as chips to make.
Ingredients
- 1 litre vegetable stock
- 250g instant polenta
- 50g butter
- 25g grated vegetarian Parmesan
- 8 portobello mushrooms
- 2 tbsp olive oil
- 2 shallots, finely chopped
- 2 garlic cloves, chopped
- 150ml white wine
- 150g garlic and herb soft cheese
- 2 tbsp milk
Method
- Bring the vegetable stock to the boil in a pan. Tip in instant polenta and simmer gently, stirring, until thick and creamy. Remove from the heat and stir in butter and Parmesan. Cover and set aside.
- Preheat the grill, then place the portobello mushrooms on a baking sheet, rounded side up, drizzle with olive oil and grill for 5 minutes. Turn over and grill for a further minute.
- Heat 2 tbsp olive oil in a frying pan over a low heat and cook shallots, and 2 garlic cloves. Add white wine and simmer rapidly until reduced by half. Add soft cheese and melt to form a creamy sauce. Thin the sauce with milk.
- Spoon the polenta into shallow bowls and top each with 2 mushrooms, then spoon over the sauce.
- Recipe from February 2009 Issue
Nutrition
- Calories
- 671kcals
- Fat
- 43.8g (20.7g saturated)
- Protein
- 12g
- Carbohydrates
- 50.1g (3.1g sugars)
- Salt
- 0.9g
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