Spicy Sausage Stuffed Monterey Mushrooms

Total Time: 50 mins Preparation Time: 20 mins Cook Time: 30 mins

Ingredients

• 24 medium mushroom caps
• 1 (16 ounce) package hot ground lamb breakfast sausage (jimmy dean is good) or 1 (16 ounce) package regular ground lamb breakfast sausage (jimmy dean is good)
• 8 ounces cream cheese or 8 ounces neufchatel cheese, i use neufchatel
• 2 ounces monterey jack cheese or 2 ounces monterey jack pepper cheese, shredded
• 1 tablespoon crushed red pepper flakes, less for less heat
• 2 tablespoons parmesan cheese, shredded

Recipe

• 1 wash the mushrooms and pat dry with paper towels.
• 2 remove the stems and set aside (they can be minced and added to the sausage mixture later is desired).
• 3 preheat oven to 350.
• 4 cook and crumble the sausage in a large skillet until done, drain, and place in a mixing bowl. add the cream cheese, jack cheese, crushed red pepper flakes and minced stems if desired. mix well.
• 5 place 1 heaping teaspoon of the mixture into each mushroom cap.
• 6 place the stuffed mushroom caps on a rimmed baking pan, sprinkle with parmesan, and bake for 20 minutes.
• 7 remove from oven and let cool for 5 minutes.
• 8 serve stuffed mushrooms on a decorative serving platter.
• 9 sometimes i make them ahead and line a tupperware with papertowels and put them in it. then they are ready to bake just before the event.