BEER AND FOOD SOCIAL
Cooking with beer is what started my love affair with craft beer. My husband loved craft beer and was constantly trying to find ones I liked. He would bring home these amazing sounding and smelling beers, and I’d want to enjoy it so bad. That’s when I decided to start cooking with them. If I couldn’t enjoy it straight from a pint, I’d use it to enhance my meals. Of course, I slowly began finding beers I enjoyed, but even now cooking with beer is still my favorite way to enjoy craft beer. Most people see a beer and think “Yum. I bet this taste good.” I think “This would be great in…”
To celebrate my love of cooking with beer, I decided to have a week long party. Well more like an online social. A Beer and Food Social with some of my favorite bloggers. This week, I’ll have 5 great bloggers sharing some of their favorite recipes plus a recipe from the Cooking with Intuition cookbook.
And what’s a social without prizes? Thanks to some awesome sponsors, you have a chance to win a Craft Beer Lovers Prize Pack.
The Prize Pack will included a copy of the Cooking with Intuition cookbook, a Bar Towel and Glassware from BrewerShirts, and IPA and Spent Grain Beer Soap from The Drunken Soap Co. You have multiple ways to enter using the Rafflecopter below and the contest will be open until 08/28/2014.
Let’s get this social started!
Crab Stuffed Mushroom
Do you remember that yummy steak with mushrooms and onions dinner I posted a couple weeks ago? Well, I still have a bunch of the pale ale butter leftover. I had some leftover crab meat in the refrigerator from a fish stew I made and a bunch of mushrooms going bad. It gave me an idea for something I’ve wanted to try my whole life.
Growing up, I thought I was allergic to mushrooms. My parents would order crab stuffed mushrooms when we’d go to dinner, and I’d always want to try one.
Two years ago, I realized I wasn’t actually allergic to mushrooms. Now, we eat them multiple times a week, but I still had not tried crab stuffed mushrooms. Until now!
They were everything I thought they would be. It was like a crab cake stuffed in a mushroom. The crunchy top was perfect with the creamy filling. The onion and peppers added a nice texture to the mixture too. You can cook them before, but I like the crunch they added. And of course, everything is better with bacon!
I had some crab mixture leftover and made two crab cakes with a Citrus Wheat Sriracha Sauce. The sauce was so good, we started drizzling it over the mushrooms. That recipe will have to wait for another time, though.
Come back tomorrow for a recipe from Cooking with Intuition, Jon Boat Boiled Shrimp.
Crab Stuffed Mushrooms
Serves | 4 |
Prep time | 10 minutes |
Cook time | 25 minutes |
Total time | 35 minutes |
Ingredients
- 8oz Crab Meat
- 1/4 cup Cream Cheese
- 1/3 cup Breadcrumbs
- 1/8 cup Onion (Fine Diced)
- 1/8 cup Bell Pepper (Fine Diced)
- 1/8 cup Bacon (Cooked and Crumbled)
- 8oz Mushroom (Whole- Stemmed Removed)
- 2 tablespoons Pale Ale Butter ({See Recipe Below})
- 1/4 cup Breadcrumbs
Directions
Preheat oven to 350 degrees. | |
Combined Crab, Cream Cheese, Breadcrumbs, Onion, Pepper, and Bacon. Stuff mixture into mushrooms and place on a greased baking dish. | |
Melt butter in microwave, about 10 seconds. Stir in breadcrumbs and sprinkle over mushrooms. | |
Bake mushrooms on center rack for 20-25 minutes or until mushrooms are tender and breadcrumbs are brown. |
Pale Ale Butter
Ingredients
- 1 stick Unsalted Butter (Room Temp)
- 2 tablespoons Pale Ale
- 1 teaspoon Garlic Powder
- PinchSmoked Paprika
- 1 teaspoon Ground Pepper Powder (Optional)
Directions
Combined all ingredients together until fully combined. Place butter on plastic wrap and roll into log form. Place in the refrigerator to chili until ready to use. |
I’m so glad your able to enjoy mushrooms now. My salsa is simmering and I will save ya some, I know I’ll have plenty. Love you, mom
These look soooo good. I love crab stuffed mushrooms. I could probably take down a whole plate of these! :)
It would be easy to do.
Anonymous says
These mushrooms look like they are going to be one of your BEST!! I shared this recipe with co-worker today and he was going home to make them tonight! Your recipes just keep getting better and better! Cyndi
Thank you for sharing! I hope they liked them as much as we did!
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Another classic pairing.
My favorite beer pairing is beer with fish & chips.
Fish and chips! We make our own breading using a light beer.
Can’t go wrong with a classic!
A good stout with vanilla icecream. or beer and pretzels.
My favorite pairing is a hamburger and a light beer.
For my sweet tooth, churros with chocolate and a nice porter!
A dark beer with beef stew.
cheeseburger and beer
I like pretzels with beer cheese dip.
I like a dark ale with spicy chicken wings.
I love steak and beer!
beer and boneless wings :)
I love having a burger with bacon, bbq sauce and bleu cheese and pairing it with a strong, hoppy beer. Something like Stone Arrogant Bastard.
Beer and a swiss mushroom bacon burger.