Vegetarian BBQ Stuffed Mushrooms

My folks came back from France one year raving about some stuffed mushrooms that were described as "Gallipettes" and the only basic translation I could get of this was "somersaults" so it obviously loses something in translation.

The galllipettes they had were stuffed with a potted pork called rillettes. I've made an alternative version in this smoked duck recipe and you can make it out of any meat that has a good fat ratio, goose is another example.

The point is that the essential ingredient in this recipe is sufficient fat to keep the mushrooms moist as they cook. I've chosen to do this as a vegetarian bbq recipe so I’ve used cheese but feel free to try your own filling vegetarians and carnivores alike.

Ingredients:-

• Large open cup mushrooms
• 2 oz or 100g of grated cheese
• 1 tomato chopped
• 1 clove garlic chopped
• 1 oz or 50g of parmesan cheese

Method:-

Take the stalk out of the mushroom and chop it finely. In a bowl add the chopped mushroom stalks, tomato, garlic and cheese - give it a good mix.

Spoon the mix into the cup of each mushroom and finish of with a topping of freshly grated parmesan cheese.

Place the mushrooms on a hot grill and cook for about 15 minutes. You'll know when they are cooked because the mushrooms will have shrunk and the cheese will have melted and started to bubble.

Vegetarian alternatives that I’ve tried are:

Mozzarella, tomato and basil.

And for the meat eaters:

Tuna (in oil) with chopped sun dried tomatoes

Rillettes (French potted pork I mentioned at the top) – a speciality of Le Mans

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