Pizza Stuffed Mushrooms

By srumbel

A couple of things that make these extra yummy are using a great quality pizza sauce and adding chopped fresh basil after cooking. If you have a local Italian market, ask for suggestions for a fabulous pizza sauce! And of course fresh basil is SO amazing and makes everything taste totally incredible! Mushrooms just have such a rich earthy flavor and stuffing them is easy to do. I like to wash my mushrooms and pull out the stem, I then use a tomato/strawberry huller to make the hole a little bigger (hello!!… more filling!). I don’t always use the stems but this recipe calls for chopping the stems and cooking them with a little garlic for some extra flavor! Naturally low carb and totally huge in flavor, this is one appetizer everyone agrees on!
from spendwithpennies.com

Ingredients

• 24 mushrooms
• 1 clove garlic
• 2 teaspoons olive oil
• 1 can pizza sauce
• mozzarella cheese
• mini pepperoni (or your favorite toppings)
• basil for serving

Preparation

Step 1

Preheat oven to 375 degrees.
Clean mushrooms and remove stems. Using a small spoon, scoop out insides of mushrooms to allow enough room for filling.
Finely chop mushroom stems. Add olive oil, garlic and chopped mushroom stems to a pan over medium heat. Cook 5 minutes, cool slightly.
Stuff mushroom stems in mushroom caps. Top each with 1 tablespoon pizza sauce, 1 tablespoon cheese and 3 mini pepperoni.
Bake 18-20 minutes or until mushrooms are cooked and cheese is browned and bubbly.
Cool slightly before serving.