Breaded Garlic Mushrooms with Garlic Mayo

Beige party food is a winner, right? It just is. I’m not going to go on about it but it just makes you feel good. This is a pretty simple recipe. I use button mushrooms from Morrisons to make this.

Ingredients

• 120g plain breadcrumbs (I use leftover bread for this and whizz in a blender a few times (I like the breadcrumbs nice and large). This recipe used thick brown wholegrain - toasted)

• 1 Pack of croutons (I like to add these to the blender as well for extra crunch)

• 1 tsp paprika

• 1 tsp garlic powder

• 1 tsp salt & pepper

• 3 tsp minced garlic

• button mushrooms (I use two packs)

• 60g plain flour

• 10g cornflour

• 3 tbsp grated vegetarian hard cheese

• 1-2 eggs (depends on the consistency you want. I used two for this recipe)

• 4 tbsp olive oil

Method

1. Preheat oven to 200C and line a flat tray with tin foil.

2. In a bowl, whisk your egg with your garlic and leave to the side.

3. Using a pan, pour in your breadcrumbs and crunched croutons and 2 tsp of olive oil and gently heat until gently toasted.

4. In a dish, mix together your toasted breadcrumbs, cheese, spices/garlic powder and salt and pepper with a fork.

5. In another disk, mix your egg together with the garlic.

6. Trim the ends off of your mushrooms so you don’t have any of the ends stick out.

7. In another dish, add the flour and cornflour and stir together then add in your mushrooms until they are covered in the flour.

8. Once covered, use a kebab stick to dip your floured mushrooms into the egg mixture, then the breadcrumb mixture and when done, pop on to your tray.

9. Once all of the mushrooms are on the tray, drizzle your remaining olive oil over the mushrooms and then add your remaining breadcrumb mix with your flour mix and stir then sprinkle on to your mushrooms (this helps create a more ‘breaded’ appearance.

10. Bake the mushrooms for 15 minutes or until golden brown. Serve hot with garlic mayo.