Brown rice and sausage stuffed mushrooms

A filling, easy to make family meal. To make a vegetarian version, substitute the meat with finely diced onion and mixed green and red peppers.

• Serves: 4
• Difficulty: easy
• Prep time: 5 - 10 minutes
• Cooking time: 30 minutes

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Ingredients

• 4 large black mushrooms
• 15 ml (1 tbsp) oil
• 300 g chicken or pork sausage
• 750 ml (3 cups) cooked Spekko Saman Brown Rice
• 30 ml (2 tbsp) chopped flat leaf parsley
• 250 ml (1 cup) grated mozzarella cheese
• 125 ml (½ cup) crumbled blue cheese
• ¼ cup cream cheese
• 375 ml (1½ cup) tomato and basil pasta sauce – use bottled, purchased sauce

Method

1. Preheat oven to 180ºC.
2. Carefully remove stems and gills from mushrooms.
3. Remove the sausage from casings.
4. Heat the oil in a pan and fry the sausage meat for 2 – 3 minutes until the meat starts to crumble. Cook until no pink remains. Remove the pan from the heat.
5. Stir in the rice, parsley, both cheeses and cream cheese.
6. Fill mushrooms with mixture, place on baking sheet stuffing side up. Bake for 10-12 minutes.
7. Heat the pasta sauce in a small saucepan. Bring to simmer and serve the sauce with the stuffed mushrooms, along with a green salad of your choice.