Italian style baked cheesy mushrooms
What's brilliant about this dish is that it's a kind of woodland dinner, made from a bunch of wild mushrooms and weeds from the wood. Serve it as a nice autumn supper with a lovely glass of Chianti, or as a starter for a dinner party. Don't worry if you can't get hold of wild mushrooms – this works just as well with chestnut or field varieties. You can find scamorza, a delicious smoked mozzarella, at Italian delis and most supermarkets, but a good-quality buffalo mozzarella works just as well.
Estimated Nutrition (whole recipe, rough)
Counts 11 of 14 ingredients — the other 3 aren't in our nutrition table and contribute nothing above, so the real totals are higher.
What these numbers assume — 11 portions →
| Ingredient | Portion assumed | kcal |
|---|---|---|
| Flour | 1 cup (125g) all-purpose | 455 |
| Olive Oil | 1 tbsp (14g) | 119 |
| Mozzarella Cheese | 1 oz (28g) | 85 |
| Bacon | 1 slice cooked (8g) | 43 |
| Mushroom | 1/2 cup sliced (35g) | 15 |
| Lemon | juice of 1 lemon (48ml) | 12 |
| Black Pepper | 1 tsp ground (2.3g) | 6 |
| Garlic | 1 clove (3g) | 4 |
| Thyme | 1 tsp dried (1.4g) | 4 |
| Watercress | 1 cup (34g) | 4 |
| Salt | 1 tsp (6g) | 0 |
| Chanterelle | not in our table | 0 |
| Buffalo | not in our table | 0 |
| Dandelion | not in our table | 0 |
Totals for the whole recipe, adding one typical portion per ingredient — listed above. Quantities in the recipe are not counted, so this is a rough guide only — not suitable for medical or dietary planning.
Ingredients
- 8 thin slices good-quality ciabatta bread, or a few carta di musica (music bread) broken up into rough pieces
- extra virgin olive oil
- sea salt
- freshly ground black pepper
- 2 cloves garlic, peeled and finely sliced
- 8 rashers higher-welfare smoked streaky bacon, roughly chopped
- a few sprigs fresh thyme, leaves picked
- 4 good handfuls mixed wild mushrooms (such as chanterelles, girolles, blewits and morels)
- 1 dried chilli
- 125 g scamorza or buffalo mozzarella ball
- 2 handfuls rocket, washed and spun dry
- 2 heads dandelion, washed and spun dry
- 2 handfuls watercress, washed and spun dry
- ½ lemon