I was inspired by a cooking magazine (Cucinare bene) to prepare this particular and tasty side dish with some champignon mushroom caps that had published a similar and yet different recipe…
Stuffed mushroom skewers are a quick dish that I cooked on the grill but will also be good cooked in the oven.
I feared that the arugula cheese filling I prepared would melt, but it stuck well to the mushrooms; I deliberately didn’t add even a drop of oil, but if you prefer…^_^
WHAT ARE THE MOST COMMONLY USED MUSHROOMS IN COOKING???
1) CHAMPIGNON: they are available all year round and are extremely versatile;
2) PORCINI: good raw, sautéed, dried;
3) CHANTERELLES OR GIROLLES: they look like a trumpet and shine in simple preparations;
4) MORELS: found dried; fresh is poisonous, so it must be cooked, and it has a delicate almost sweet aroma;
5) PIOPPINI: perfect in preparations requiring long cooking times like stews and roasts;
6) SHIITAKE: the excellence of oriental dishes, also used to prepare great soups.
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- Difficulty: Very easy
- Cost: Cheap
- Preparation time: 10 Minutes
- Portions: 4 People
- Cooking methods: Grill
- Cuisine: Italian
- Seasonality: Fall, Winter
Ingredients
- 16 champignon mushrooms (caps of the same size if possible)
- 7 oz cream cheese
- 1 bunch arugula
- 4 slices speck
- to taste salt
- to taste pepper
Tools
- Skewers
Steps
Chop the arugula and mix it with the fresh cream cheese, then season with salt and pepper.
Take the washed and cleaned mushroom caps (with the stems we can make a pasta sauce or add them to a scaloppine, for example) and stuff them with the arugula cream then proceed to assemble the skewers alternating mushroom and half slice of speck.
Heat a grill over high heat and brown the SKEWERS turning them often to cook them evenly.
They are very tasty and I liked them a lot…Enjoy your meal! Annalisa

