The Mushroom Dip Recipes

STUFFED MUSHROOM DIP

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 400 degrees F. Heat the oil in a large nonstick skillet over medium-high heat. Add the sausage and cook, breaking up into bite-size pieces with a wooden spoon, until browned and almost cooked through, 3 to 4 minutes. Add the garlic and cook, stirring constantly, until softened, about 1 minute. Add in the mushrooms, 1/2 teaspoon salt and a few grinds of pepper and cook, stirring occasionally, until the mushrooms are soft and the moisture has evaporated, 8 to 10 minutes.
• Add the cream cheese and stir until melted, about 1 minute. Add the Parmesan and half-and-half and cook, stirring occasionally, until bubbly 2 to 3 minutes. Pour the mushroom mixture into a 1-quart ramekin. Mix the butter with the panko and parsley and sprinkle on top of the mushroom mixture. Bake until the bread crumbs are golden brown and the dip is bubbly around the edges, 15 to 20 minutes. Let sit for 10 minutes then serve with toasted, sliced baguette.

MUSHROOM DIP

Steps:

• Puree the garlic, shallot, mushrooms, salt and pepper in a food processor and then heat the puree in a large, heavy-bottomed pot over medium heat. Add the soup. When it's warm, slowly stir in the cream cheese and heat until it melts. Remove from heat; add the Tabasco and more salt and pepper if needed. Serve warm with prosciutto wrapped bread sticks or tortilla chips.

SOUR CREAM MUSHROOM DIP

Steps:

• Preheat an oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
• Heat the butter in a skillet over medium heat. Stir in the mushrooms and onion; cook and stir until the mushrooms have softened and the onion is translucent, about 7 minutes. Stir in the spinach, parsley, garlic salt, and pepper. Continue cooking until the spinach has wilted, about 3 minutes. Remove from heat and stir in 1/2 cup of Cheddar cheese. Cool for 5 minutes. Stir in the sour cream, then spread mixture into an 8x8-inch baking dish. Sprinkle 1 cup of Cheddar cheese on top.
• Bake in the preheated oven until the cheese has melted, about 20 minutes.

HOT MUSHROOM DIP

Steps:

• In a large skillet, cook bacon over medium heat until crisp. Remove bacon to paper towels. Drain, reserving 2 tablespoons drippings. In the drippings, saute mushrooms and onion until tender. Add garlic; cook 1 minute longer. Stir in the flour, salt and pepper; cook and stir for 1-2 minutes or until thickened. , Reduce heat. Add the cream cheese, sour cream, Worcestershire sauce and soy sauce; cook and stir until cheese is melted. Stir in bacon. Serve warm with vegetables or crackers.

MUSHROOM ONION DIP

Steps:

• In a large bowl, beat the cream cheese, soup and milk until blended. Add the onion, Worcestershire sauce and garlic salt; mix well. Refrigerate for at least 1 hour. Serve with potato chips.

MUSHROOM-AND-BACON DIP

Steps:

• In a small bowl, soak porcini in the boiling water until soft, about 20 minutes. Working over the bowl, lift out porcini, and squeeze out liquid. Coarsely chop porcini. Pour liquid through a fine sieve into another bowl, and reserve.
• Cook bacon in a large skillet over medium heat until crisp, about 5 minutes per side. Drain on paper towels. Pour off rendered bacon fat, reserving 1/4 cup. Wipe skillet clean. Coarsely chop bacon.
• Return 3 tablespoons bacon fat to skillet. Add leek and garlic; cook over medium heat, stirring occasionally, until translucent, about 2 minutes. Add fresh mushrooms and porcini, then the salt and pepper. Raise heat to high; cook, stirring, until mushrooms are tender, 5 to 8 minutes. Add thyme; cook 2 minutes more. Transfer to a plate; let cool.
• With an electric mixer, whisk cream cheese in a medium bowl until smooth. Gradually add sour cream; whisk until smooth. By hand, stir in mushrooms, three-quarters of the bacon, scallions, and 2 tablespoons porcini liquid. If necessary, add more porcini liquid to reach desired consistency.
• Garnish dip with scallions and remaining bacon. If desired, cook sliced mushrooms in remaining tablespoon bacon fat in a medium skillet over medium heat, stirring occasionally, until golden brown, about 2 minutes. Scatter over dip. Serve with waffle chips if desired.

HOT MUSHROOM DIP

Steps:

• Fry bacon in a large skillet over medium heat until crisp.
• Drain; reserving 2 tblsps of dripping in skillet.
• Crumble bacon and set aside.
• Add mushrooms, onion and garlic to dripping and cook over medium heat until tender and the liquid given off by the mushrooms has evaporated, about 6-8 minutes.
• Mix in flour and salt and pepper.
• Add cream cheese, Worcestershire Sauce and soy sauce.
• Reduce heat to low and simmer until cheese is melted.
• Remove from heat; stir in sour cream and bacon.
• Serve warm.