About
This recipe makes an excellent lunch or the main component of a vegetarian dinner. If you have a protein as your main course, this could even work as a filling side dish. Jumbo portabella caps are scooped clean and stuffed with a caprese mixture of fresh spinach, basil, tomato, and mozzarella cheese. Even the mushrooms are rubbed down with olive oil and spices for a flavorful dish.
Ingredients
- 1 ½ ounce spinach
- 6 grape grape tomato
- 2 ounce mozzarella cheese ball by sainsbury's
- 5 leaf basil
- 2 tablespoon olive oil
- ¾ teaspoon balsamic vinegar
- ¼ teaspoon salt
- ¼ teaspoon black pepper, ground
- 6 ounce portabella mushrooms, raw
- 1 tablespoon olive oil
- ⅛ teaspoon salt
- ⅛ teaspoon black pepper, ground
- ¼ teaspoon garlic powder
Instructions
- Preheat an oven to 350 degrees. In a bowl, combine chopped spinach, halved grape tomatoes, halved mozzarella balls, chopped basil, olive oil, balsamic vinegar, and the first amounts of salt and pepper. Mix until everything is coated in the oil and vinegar. Set the bowl aside to marinate for a minute or two.
- Prepare the portabella caps by removing and stems and the papery brown insides with a spoon, being careful not to break the caps. Turn the mushrooms over so the caps face up. Rub the olive oil and remaining spices into the caps.
- Turn the caps over and set on a well seasoned sheet tray or a tray lined with parchment paper. Fill the mushroom caps with the caprese filling, pressing the filling down gently into the caps. Make sure each cap gets a fair share of tomato and mozzarella halves.
- Bake the tray for about 25 minutes. The caps should be very tender and may burst around the edges, but the filling should stay in place.
Nutrition Facts
- Servings: 2
- Calories: 280.2kcal/1172.3kJ (per serving)
- Fat: 26.1g (per serving)
- Carbs: 6.4g (per serving)
- Protein: 7.9g (per serving)
