Stuffed Mushrooms

Makes 8 stuffed mushrooms.

Ingredients

250g (8.8oz) chestnut mushrooms
20g (0.7oz) wild rice
1/4 cup walnuts roughly chopped
1/2 onion diced
1 clove garlic chopped
1/2 red pepper diced
1/4 tsp each salt & pepper
25g (0.9oz) vegan parmesan cheese grated
3 tbsp olive oil

Method

1. Preheat oven to 180 degrees celsius.

2. Cook rice as per package instructions.

3. Meanwhile, remove stalks from mushrooms and place mushrooms on a baking tray. Drizzle mushrooms with a little olive oil and bake in preheated oven for 10 minutes.

4. Toast walnuts in pan over a medium heat for 5 minutes.

5. Wipe the pan clean, drizzle with a little oil and fry the onion for a few minutes until soft. Next add the red pepper, garlic, salt & pepper, and continue to fry for a further 5 minutes.

6. Place cooked rice, toasted walnuts, the fried pepper mix and cheese (leave a little for topping) into a mixing bowl and combine.

7. Remove excess water from the mushroms. Then, using a teaspoon, gently fill each mushroom with the rice mix and sprinkle a little of the leftover cheese on top.

8. Place stuffed mushroom on baking tray and bake for a further 10 minutes.