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Mushroom Caps Stuffed with Bacon and Cheese

Mushroom caps filled with a bacon, cheese, and breadcrumb mixture, baked until golden.

From the Wikibooks Cookbook · 11 ingredients
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Why it works: Bread and butter are a kitchen classic. They rank in the top 7% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 27,232 recipes. Both carry delta-decalactone, which smells sweet, creamy. The science ↓

Mushroom Caps Stuffed with Bacon and Cheese

Serves 4
Oven325°F
Time5 minutes

Ingredients

Directions

Prepare the stuffing

  1. Preheat oven to 325°F (about 160–165°C).

  2. Soften cream cheese and put in food processor.

  3. Add Worcestershire sauce, salt, and pepper; pulse until mixed.

  4. Fold in chopped bacon, chopped mushroom stems, diced green onions, and green peppers.

  5. Set stuffing aside.

Stuff and bake

  1. Mix bread crumbs with just enough butter to hold together.

  2. Stuff mushroom caps with stuffing.

  3. Top with bread crumbs.

  4. Bake for 5 minutes.

Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

779Calories
22 gProtein
26 gFat
113 gCarbs
What these numbers assume: 10 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Flour1 cup (125g) all-purpose455
Butter1 tbsp (14g)102
Cream Cheese1 oz (28g)99
Onion1 medium (110g)44
Bacon1 slice cooked (8g)43
Mushroom1/2 cup sliced (35g)15
Soy Sauce1 tbsp (15ml)9
Black Pepper1 tsp ground (2.3g)6
Pepper1 tsp ground (2.3g)6
Salt1 tsp (6g)0

One typical portion per ingredient; the recipe's quantities are not counted. A rough guide only, not for medical or dietary planning.

Recipe from the Wikibooks Cookbook.

Steps grouped into stages for easier reading; the method is the source's own.

Explore the science

The flavor team

The pairs that carry this dish. Each one is judged two ways: how much their aromas overlap, and how often cooks already put them together.

  1. Bread + buttertop 7% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together27,232 recipes

    Shared aroma: delta-decalactone (sweet, creamy).

  2. Mushroom + buttertop 7% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together12,525 recipes

    Shared aroma: trans-2-decenal (waxy, orange).

  3. Cream cheese + buttertop 8% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together2,747 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethyl octanoate (fruity, wine).

  4. Mushroom + breadtop 10% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together2,536 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-nonenal (fatty, green).

  5. Onion + mushroomtop 10% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together10,626 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2,4-decadienal (seaweed).

Ranks compare each pair with 20,000 random ingredient pairs on CompKitchen. How we score pairs

What each ingredient does

Cream cheese
Softens and binds the stuffing, adding creamy moisture and richness.
Bread crumbs
Form a crisp topping that browns in the oven and contrasts with the soft filling.
Butter
Moistens the bread crumbs so they hold together and brown on top.
Bacon
Adds salty, smoky fat and savory flavor to the stuffing.
Mushrooms
Act as the edible cup that holds the stuffing and releases moisture as they cook.

The step that matters

Stuff and bake. Because the mushroom caps are only baked for a short time, the stuffing and caps may not heat through or soften fully if the oven is not preheated or the caps are overfilled.

Swap the onion

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (cream cheese, sauce, pepper, mushroom, bread, butter):

  1. Capsicumfits better
  2. Tomatofits better
  3. Shallotfits better
  4. Onionthe original

Fit is the average pairing score against cream cheese, sauce, pepper, mushroom, bread, butter. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.

“What each ingredient does” and “The step that matters” were written by Claude from this recipe’s own method and reviewed in samples by CompKitchen.

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