Baked Mushrooms with Nutty Oat Stuffing ~ Stuff and Spice

Flat mushrooms, rich in B-group vitamins, have a wonderful flavour and are perfect for this nutty stuffing.

Ingredients:
Serves 4

30ml / 2 tbsp sunflower oil
8 large flat mushrooms, wiped
1 onion, chopped
1 garlic clove, crushed
25g / 1/4 cup porridge oats
1 can (225g) chopped tomatoes with herbs
2.5ml 1/2 tsp hot pepper sauce
25g / 1/4 cup pine nuts
25g / 1/4 cup freshly grated Parmesan cheese
salt and ground black pepper

Directions:
Preheat the oven to 190 degrees C / Gas mark 5. Use a little of the oil to grease a shallow ovenproof dish lightly. The dish should be large enough to hold the mushroom caps in a single layer. Remove the mushroom stalks, chop them roughly and set them aside. Reserve the whole caps.

Heat the oil in a small saucepan and saute the onion, garlic and mushroom stalks until softened and lightly browned. Stir in the oats and cook for 1 minute more.

Stir in the tomatoes and hot pepper sauce and add salt and pepper to taste. Arrange the mushroom caps, gills uppermost, in the prepared dish. Divide the stuffing mixture between them.

Sprinkle the pine nuts and Parmesan cheese over the stuffed mushrooms. Bake for 25 minutes until the mushrooms are tender and the topping is golden brown.