Spam’shrooms En Croute

Total Time: 1 hr Preparation Time: 45 mins Cook Time: 15 mins

Ingredients

• 1 cup shredded italian cheese blend, divided use
• 1 (14 ounce) can spam, sliced into 1/2 chunks
• 1/2 cup sun-dried tomato, in oil
• 1/2 cup diced red onion
• 3 dozen uniform mushrooms, about 1 1/2 in diameter
• 20 sheets phyllo pastry, one box of frozen dough, thawed
• 1/2 cup melted butter
• 1 beaten egg
• 2 tablespoons water

Recipe

• 1 preheat the oven to 400°f.
• 2 in the bowl of a food processor or mixer, combine ½ cup of the cheese, spam chunks and sun-dried tomatoes. pulse or mix until nearly smooth. transfer mixture to a bowl and stir in the remainder of the cheese and the red onion.
• 3 remove the stems from the mushrooms. with a small spoon, scrape out inside of each mushroom to make the cavity bigger.
• 4 stuff each mushroom with about 1 teaspoon of the spam mixture. be careful not to overstuff.
• 5 carefully lay 4 sheets of phyllo dough on top of one another, brushing every other one with melted butter.
• 6 cut phyllo lengthwise down the center, then cut each half into 3 pieces to make 6 rectangles.
• 7 place a mushroom, spam side up, in the center of each square. lift the sides of the pastry up over mushrooms to resemble small bundles. form a neck by pinching the edges together to seal. repeat same process with the rest of the mushrooms.
• 8 place bundles on a lightly greased baking sheet.
• 9 mix the egg with water to make a wash & lightly brush pastry.
• 10 bake for about 15 minutes, or until pastry is golden brown.