Baked spinach and cheese mushrooms
Make an easy midweek meal with some plump mushrooms. It's hard to resist garlicky mushrooms topped with oozy melted cheese.
Ingredients
- 80ml (1/3 cup) olive oil
- 1½ tbs balsamic vinegar
- 2 garlic cloves, crushed
- 1 tbs chopped fresh thyme leaves
- 8 (about 600g) large Portobello mushrooms, stems trimmed
- 90g baby spinach leaves
- 300g provolone or mozzarella, cut into 16 slices
- ½ loaf olive bread, thickly sliced, chargrilled
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 220C. Combine the oil, vinegar, garlic and chopped thyme in a small bowl. Season. Brush the mushrooms with a little of the oil mixture. Place on a lined baking tray, cut-side up. Divide the spinach among the mushrooms. Top with a little of the oil mixture. Top each mushroom with 2 slices of provolone. Top with remaining oil mixture.
- Bake the mushrooms for 15 minutes or until the cheese is golden and melted and the mushrooms are tender. Transfer to a plate. Serve with bread.