Melting Mushrooms

Total Time: 45 mins Preparation Time: 30 mins Cook Time: 15 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 4
• 8 large portabella mushrooms, of roughly equal size
• 4 tablespoons vermouth or 4 tablespoons wine
• 2 garlic cloves, chopped
• 2 teaspoons fresh thyme leaves
• salt
• fresh ground pepper
• 4 ounces gruyere cheese, grated (or any other yummy melting cheese)
• extra virgin olive oil
• fresh crusty bread, to serve

Recipe

• 1 preheat the barbecue.
• 2 cut out the stems from the mushrooms then score them lightly with a knife, over the gilled sides (don't cut through to the other side!).
• 3 pair up the mushrooms, according to size, and lay one of each pair, gilled side up, on a work surface, then season to taste with salt and black pepper.
• 4 add one t. vermouth or wine, follow by a little garlic and thyme and finishing up with grated cheese to each of the four mushrooms.
• 5 place another mushroom on top of each of the four mushrooms on the work surface and drive a cocktail stick or skewer through from the top, to secure together.
• 6 brush all over with olive oil then cook over hot coals, turning frequently and carefully, until very soft, juicy and melting inside.
• 7 serve with crusty bread.