Creamy Mushroom Bake

by Vino Luci Style

I’ve been making this dish for as many years as I can recall; it’s either on our Thanksgiving or Christmas dinner table and is so good I wonder why we don’t have it more often. Maybe we just want to have something to really look forward to! (Or maybe cause all that goodness can’t be done everyday; butter, half and half, stock, parm, yum!)

Simple, really. I use plain old button mushrooms but I’m sure if you wanted to play with the variety, anything would work.

Creamy Mushroom Bake

Ingredients

1 lb. mushrooms, stems removed
1/2 c. butter
2 Tbsp. flour
1/2 c. half and half
1/4 c. beef or chicken stock
dash of freshly ground pepper
1/2 c. Panko bread crumbs (yes, you can use regular crumbs but these offer a nice little crunch!)
1/2 c. freshly grated Parmesan

Directions

Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
Butter shallow baking dish.
Arrange mushrooms in dish stemmed side down.
Melt 1/2 cup butter in small saucepan over low heat. Increase heat to medium-high, blend in flour and cook for 3 minutes, stirring constantly.
Pour in half and half and bring to a boil.
Mix in stock and pepper and return to boil.
Pour sauce evenly over mushroom.
Bake for 20-25 minutes until mushrooms look tender.
Sprinkle with bread/cheese mixture and continue baking until cheese melts, approximately 5 minutes.

Serve hot. Makes 4 to 6 servings.

Tagged as: Baked, bread crumbs, chicken stock, half and half, mushrooms, panko, parmesan, white sauce

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1 Lea Ann December 30, 2009 at 8:23 am: I think this looks WONderful. Thanks for the post and the recipe Barb.

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2 Margaret December 30, 2009 at 10:51 am: So glad I stumbled across your blog. These baked mushrooms look fantastic. Printing recipe…..

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Vino Luci Style Reply:
December 30th, 2009 at 3:34 pm
Margaret, when I make them I have to force myself to eat some of the main course…really!

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3 Jamie December 30, 2009 at 4:27 pm: I love mushrooms and this dish looks fab!

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4 chef renee January 9, 2010 at 9:25 am: I love this idea! Looks easy and a great side dish! One question though, do the mushrooms release water? Or does it bake away? I have to try!
Renee

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Vino Luci Style Reply:
January 9th, 2010 at 2:12 pm
Whatever they release is managed by the white sauce mixture with flour; so it’s never runny, just surrounded by a luscious creamy sauce.

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5 Sarah January 10, 2010 at 3:46 pm: This looks great. Mushroomy goodness is right up our alley.

Thanks.

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Vino Luci Style Reply:
January 11th, 2010 at 3:46 pm
It’s one of my all time favorites; hope you enjoy it as much as my family has for years.

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