Bacon Stuffed Mushrooms
Preheat oven to 325 degrees F. Clean mushrooms, remove and chop stems, set aside. In heavy skillet, drizzle olive oil in bottom of pan adding onion, green pepper, chopped mushroom stems, cooking until tender. Add salt and pepper and bacon bits to mixture. Add corn and bread crumbs adding a little water at a time to moisten, but not making it runny. Press mixture into button caps, mounding a bit. Place in a lightly greased 13 x 9 - inch baking dish and bake uncovered for 20 minutes.
MARIO Pizza Bites
Mix margarine, basil, oregano, and pepper; brush over cut sides of bread loaf halves. Place halves on baking sheet. Top with pastrami slices. In small bowl, stir together tomato paste, chili sauce, green pepper, MARIO BLACK OLIVES, and green onion; spread over pastrami slices. Bake at 400 degrees for 15 minutes. Sprinkle with mozzarella cheese, tomato, and parmesan cheese. Bake for 3-5 minutes more. Slice loaves into 8 pieces, makes 16 servings.
Fettuccine Pesto with MARIO OLIVES
Fettuccine Pesto with MARIO OLIVES
Cook fettuccine according to package directions. While pasta cooks, combine MARIO OLIVES, MARIO CAPERS, lemon juice, oil, mustard and garlic and stir in chopped basil and cheese; heat throughly. Drain pasta well and transfer to serving bowl. Spoon pesto over pasta, add tomatoes and mix gently.
Thumbprint Cookies
Preheat oven to 375 degrees F. Cream together brown sugar, margarine, and shortening. Stir in flour, baking soda and salt. Shape dough into 1-inch balls. Beat egg white slightly; dip balls into egg white and roll in finely chopped pecans. Place cookies 1-inch apart on ungreased baking sheet; press thumb deeply into each center. Bake until light brown; about 10 minutes. Immediately remove from baking sheet and cool throughly. Fill each thumbprint with Fragata Raspberry Jam.
