Baked mushrooms with ricotta & pesto

Baked mushrooms with ricotta & pesto

The rich basil sauce helps balance the tangy ricotta and earthy mushroom flavours of this easy vegetarian starter

Difficulty and servings

Easy

Serves 4 as a starter

Preparation and cooking times

Total time

Ready in 35-45 minutes

Vegetarian

Vegetarian

Method

  1. Preheat the oven to 200C/gas 6/fan 180C. Choose an ovenproof dish big enough to take all the mushrooms in one layer and generously brush it with 1 tbsp of the oil.
  2. Trim the mushroom stalks level with their caps, if you need to, then put the mushrooms, rounded cap side down, in the dish. Mix the ricotta, pesto and garlic and spoon into the mushrooms (there's enough to pile it up quite high). Sprinkle over the Parmesan and drizzle over the rest of the oil.
  3. Bake for about 20 minutes or until the mushrooms are soft all the way through and the cheese is just starting to turn golden. If this doesn't happen, put the dish under a preheated grill for a few minutes. If the mushrooms have given off a lot of juice after baking, you can drain some of it off.
  4. To serve, blob a little pesto on top of each mushroom and scatter with the parsley. Serve hot or at room temperature.
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IF YOU WANT TO USE A SLOW COOKER...

Prepare your mushrooms as in Steps 1 and 2 above but place them into your slow cooker instead. Cook on Low for 8-9 hours, and once they're done drain off any excess juice. Serve each mushroom with a dot of extra pesto.

400 kcalories, protein 19g, carbohydrate 2g, fat 34 g, saturated fat 12g, fibre 1g, salt 0.9 g

Recipe from Good Food magazine, September 2002.

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  • 08 November 2007

    veronika rated and commented on this recipe

    3 stars

    Good and simple dish to have as a starter or side dish to go with the main course. Next time I'll try using portobello mushrooms instead of chestnut mushrooms though.

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  • 21 November 2007

    tastytash rated and commented on this recipe

    4 stars

    I used goat's cheese instead of ricotta in this recipe as i had goat's cheese that needed to be used up. It was delicious. Very quick and simple to make and very, very tasty!! I will try it again with ricotta. Great for finger food, starter or side dish and contains store cupboard ingredients which is always a plus!!

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  • 12 February 2008

    Sally's Food rated and commented on this recipe

    4 stars

    I've been making this since it was in Good Food Magazine - it's a really tasty starter, I make it in Portobello mushrooms & it's always a winner.

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  • 22 February 2008

    Paul rated and commented on this recipe

    5 stars

    Gorgeous, gorgeous, gorgeous. Really comforting, and cheap to make- I tend to cook a few extra and share with my flatmates :)

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  • 11 March 2008

    Lou rated and commented on this recipe

    4 stars

    I forgot to put the olive oil in and they tasted great, would continue cooking them without, making them slightly healthier! I actually had these as a vegetarian main with some boiled new potatoes and salad, I used cestnut mushrooms and six was enough for a main.

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  • 13 June 2008

    Izzy rated and commented on this recipe

    4 stars

    A really quick and tasty starter!

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  • 30 August 2008

    louise commented on this recipe

    This dish is absolutely lovely, and to prove it my husband actually makes out that he created this when we have people round thats how good it realy is.

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  • 04 October 2008

    feeder rated and commented on this recipe

    5 stars

    I have just cooked this dish for 4 of my guests! However they are easy to please especially after copious amounts of alcohol!!

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  • 04 October 2008

    feeder commented on this recipe

    They loved it and so did I!

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  • 15 December 2008

    laura rated and commented on this recipe

    5 stars

    I used a home-made pesto. Fabulous!

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  • 26 March 2009

    Debbie24 commented on this recipe

    Made this a few of times and it always goes down well. Really easy, and always impresses the dinner guests :O)

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    03 July 2009

    Jo rated and commented on this recipe

    3 stars

    Only ok but easy to do. not sure I'd do it again

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  • 22 August 2009

    Linette rated this recipe

    3 stars

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  • 09 January 2011

    sarah_g rated and commented on this recipe

    4 stars

    This was tasty and really simple to make. My housemates enjoyed it. Nothing splendid though. I would do it again.

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  • 18 January 2011

    jb5370 rated and commented on this recipe

    5 stars

    Yum!

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  • 28 June 2011

    leedskitchenscavenger rated and commented on this recipe

    4 stars

    I made these as a starter but used normal mushrooms, low fat philadelphia, as I couldn't get hold of any ricotta, and curly parsley and they went down really well. Also made some with vegan cream cheese for one of my housemates and they were equally as nice. I seemed to have a bit of mixture left over too.

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  • 31 July 2011

    Nova' rated and commented on this recipe

    4 stars

    It was nice, healthy tasting.

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  • 17 September 2011

    Jacqueline Fenner commented on this recipe

    Pesto is made of parmesan cheese: Parmesan/Parmigiano-Reggiano is an EU Protected Designation of Origin product and has to be made using calf rennet, so it�s definitely NOT suitable for vegetarians.

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  • 24 January 2012

    artfulglv19 rated and commented on this recipe

    5 stars

    This is an EPIC starter and always gets amazing compliments! Make sure to chuck in the stalks in the baking tray as well as they are awesome to eat covered in all the nice garlicy juice. Serve them on a bed of rocket or mixed leaves with some nice balsamic syrup around the plate and you have a winning starter. You will have some ricotta mix left over usually this recipe would eaisly do around 750g of mushrooms if not more.

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  • 20 February 2012

    spanish rated and commented on this recipe

    5 stars

    An excellent starter - always a winner

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Difficulty and servings

Easy

Serves 4 as a starter

Preparation and cooking times

Total time

Ready in 35-45 minutes

Vegetarian

Vegetarian

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400 kcalories, protein 19g, carbohydrate 2g, fat 34 g, saturated fat 12g, fibre 1g, salt 0.9 g

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