Description
Mix together spinach, pepperoni, and cheese for delicious easy appetizer.
Ingredients
- 4 large portobello mushroom caps, stems and gills removed
- 1 tablespoon reduced-fat Italian salad dressing
- 1 egg
- 1 clove garlic, minced
- salt and ground black pepper to taste
- 1 (10 ounce) bag fresh spinach, chopped
- ¼ cup chopped pepperoni
- ¼ cup grated Parmesan cheese
- ¼ cup shredded mozzarella cheese, divided
- 3 tablespoons seasoned bread crumbs, divided
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
- Brush both sides of portobello mushrooms with Italian dressing. Arrange mushroom on a baking sheet
- gill-sides up.
- Bake in the preheated oven until tender
- about 12 minutes. Drain any juice that has accumulated in mushrooms.
- Beat egg
- garlic
- salt
- and black pepper together in a large bowl. Stir spinach
- pepperoni
- Parmesan cheese
- 3 tablespoons mozzarella cheese
- and 3 tablespoons bread crumbs into eggs until evenly mixed.
- Divide spinach mixture over mushroom caps; sprinkle mushrooms with remaining 1 tablespoon mozzarella cheese and 1 tablespoon bread crumbs.
- Return mushrooms to the oven; bake until topping is golden brown and cheese is melted
- about 10 minutes more.
Prep Time: 15 mins
Cook Time: 25 mins
Total Time: 40 mins
Servings: 4