Mushroom Basket

Ingredients

For 4 to 6 persons

Mushrooms 4-5cups

Butter 4 tbsp

Cream ½ cup

Onion 1                 

Garlic cloves 3

White wine 1/2 glass

Bay leaves 2, a pinch of thyme

Crushed black pepper

Salt to taste

Method

Peel and chop the onion and garlic.  Place in a saucepan with 1 tbsp of butter and fry lightly.  Cut the mushrooms into quarters and add to the frypan.  Cook slowly with the herbs and spices for about 5 minutes, remove the mushrooms and add the wine to the pan.  Reduce by half, then add the cream and reduce again until the liquid thickens. Put the mushrooms back into the sauce, bring to the boil and season to taste.  If the sauce is still too liquid, then reduce again.  When ready to serve, place the mushroom mixture inside the filo pastry baskets.

For variation you can use pieces of cooked chicken or seafood in the mixture.

You can also use these baskets for pies or pastries.

For 4 baskets use 1 sheet of filo pastry per basket, brush with melted butter, fold in quarters and cover a small mould up side down. (As in the photo) Brush with more butter. Cook in a moderate oven for about 5-7 minutes.