Mushroom Phyllo Pouches

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Have you ever been to The Pioneer Woman’s website?

I shouldn’t even call it a website.  It’s more like her own little world of incredible recipes, gorgeous photography and writing that gets me every time I go there.

All of the fame and notoriety she has received from her site is well deserved.  I mean, it’s chocked full of everything — everything — wonderful in this life.

Don’t believe me?  Check it out for yourself.  I can guarantee that no matter who you are, you’ll find something you feel is worth reading, browsing or cooking.

It makes sense then, when I found myself with copious amounts of mushrooms, that I go to her site to see just what the heck I should do with them.

When I saw her Phyllo Mushroom Bundles, I knew I had to give these a try.

I say “try”, and I mean “try” because these babies are wrapped in phyllo, my arch enemy.  Sure, phyllo’s convenient since it’s frozen and you can pull it out when you need it…

But phyllo is my own personal hell.  I don’t know how Giada makes it look so easy on TV when she uses it.  Oh, yeah, just keep it covered with a damp paper towel so it doesn’t dry out.  Sure, delicately brush it with butter so it doesn’t tear.  Oh, yes, easily layer it to create crisp, crunchy appetizers.

Yeah, sure.

I’m quite sure that phyllo can be easy to use if you know what you’re doing.  But since I don’t, I struggled a bit.

The good news is that it is quite forgiving in this recipe since you’re bunching it all together to make a little purse for the mushroom filling.

I found that if the bottoms of these bundles tore because the filling was too wet or the phyllo too delicate, I could just add another layer of phyllo around it and bunch it up.   No harm, no foul.

These little babies are really tasty, though, and make an elegant looking appetizer, don’t you think?

Mine don’t look as good as The Pioneer Woman’s, but they’re good enough for me.

Check out her site for a very detailed, step-by-step photo tour of how to make these.