Mushrooms En Croute

Preparation time: 40 minutes/Total cooking time: 20 minutes/Makes 48.

Ingredients 8 slices white bread, crust removed 80 g butter, melted 1 clove garlic, crushed ½ small onion, fi nely chopped 375 g small button mushrooms, fi nely sliced 1 tblsp dry sherry 1/3 cup sour cream

2 tsp cornfl our 1 tblsp fi nely chopped fresh parsley 1 tsp fi nely chopped fresh thyme 30 g Parmesan, grated

1 small tin of mushrooms in sauce (such as Wattie’s or Emma mushrooms in sauce)

Method

1. Preheat oven to 180°c. Brush both sides of the bread with the butter. Cut each slice in half vertically, then each half into three horizontally. Bake on a baking tray for 5 to 10 minutes, or until golden and crisp. 2. Heat the oil in a large frying pan, add the garlic and onion and cook, stirring over low heat until the onion is soft. Add the mushrooms and cook over medium heat for 5 minutes, or until tender. Season with salt and pepper. 3. Pour the sherry into the pan. Blend the sour cream and cornfl our. Add to the mushrooms and stir until the mixture boils and thickens. Remove from the heat and stir in the herbs. Allow to cool. Then stir in a small tin of mushrooms in sauce (This makes the fi lling creamier). 4. Spread the mushroom mixture onto each croute and sprinkle with Parmesan. Place on a baking tray and bake for 5 minutes, or until heated through.