Mini Mushroom Crackers Recipe

Mini Mushroom Crackers: Cute, delicious, and surprisingly simple to make! For speed, use a food processor to chop the mushrooms.

Yields: 12

Prep Time: 35 mins

Process Time: 35 mins

Total Time: 1 hour 10 mins

Calories per Serving: 124

Ingredients

• 50 g

  butter, melted

• 250 g

  chestnut mushrooms, finely chopped (see intro)

• 2

  garlic cloves, crushed

• 1 tsp.

  finely chopped thyme leaves, plus extra small sprigs to garnish (optional)

• 40 g

  dried cranberries, roughly chopped

• 40 g

  walnuts, finely chopped

• 50 g

  Stilton, crumbled

• 4

  sheets filo pastry, we used Jus-Rol

You will also need string

Kitchen string

Directions

1. Heat 2tsp of the butter in a large frying pan over medium-high heat and fry the mushrooms, stirring occasionally, for 10-12min, or until the pan is dry and the mushrooms are golden. Stir in the garlic and thyme and cook for 1min.
2. Set aside to cool completely, then stir in the cranberries, walnuts, Stilton and plenty of seasoning.
3. Line a large baking tray with baking parchment. Lay 1 filo sheet in front of you with a long edge closest to you. Cut vertically into 3 wide strips. Brush the borders of 1 strip lightly with some of the remaining melted butter. Put a heaped tbsp of mushroom filling 4cm up from the short edge closest to you, then shape into a rough log, leaving a 2cm border on each side.
4. Roll up tightly from the bottom, then pinch ends where the filling stops to form a cracker shape. Transfer to the lined tray, seam-down. Repeat process to make 11 more crackers. Tie ends with string and brush crackers all over with remaining butter. Chill for 30min.
5. Preheat oven to 190°C (170°C) mark 5. Lay a small thyme sprig on top of each cracker, if you like. Cook crackers for 18-20min, or until golden and crisp. Transfer to a warm plate and serve.

Get ahead

Prepare to end of step 4 up to a day ahead; chill. Once butter has set, loosely cover. Complete recipe to serve.

Per cracker:

• Calories: 214
• Protein: 3g
• Total fat: 8g
• Saturates: 3g
• Carbs: 10g
• Total sugars: 3g
• Fibre: 1g