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A Cooking Technique You Need to Know: Blending

Blending involves mixing finely chopped mushrooms with ground meat for more nutritious, but still delicious, burgers, tacos, meatballs, and more.

1. Chop your favorite mushroom variety to match the consistency of the ground meat. This can be done with a knife or food processor.

2. Blend the chopped mushrooms with the ground meat.

3. Cook with Mexican seasoning mix for tacos, marinara sauce for meaty ragu or salt and pepper for juicy, flavorful burgers.

Recipe courtesy of Chef Evan Robinson
Servings: 4

Cheese Sauce:

In a blender or food processor, pulse mushrooms, garlic, and onions. In a large saute pan over medium-high heat, mix the finely chopped mushroom mixture with seasoning and cook for 2 minutes. Add ground turkey, breaking into fine crumbles until completely cooked through. Set aside.
To make the cheese sauce: In a medium saucepan over medium-high heat, melt butter then add flour and whisk constantly, breaking up lumps. Stir 2 minutes then add milk and continuously whisk. Stir in cheese and mix with a wooden spoon.
Assemble chips on a serving platter; spread mushroom-meat crumble on top. Add cheese sauce and toppings like salsa, guacamole, kale, romaine lettuce, tomatoes, cilantro, and diced red bell peppers, if desired.

Recipe courtesy of Chef Evan Robinson
Servings: 4

In a large pan over medium-high heat, saute extra-virgin olive oil, mushrooms, onions, garlic, and herb seasoning for approximately 5 minutes until vegetables are soft. Set aside and let cool to room temperature.
Blend mushroom mixture with ground beef. Season with salt, to taste.
Form into four patties and cook in the same pan as a mushroom mixture to preferred doneness. Top with dollop pizza sauce and mozzarella cheese. Cover pan to melt cheese then carefully transfer to buns.

SOURCE:
Mushroom Council