How To Make Mushroom-and-Bacon Dip
This mushroom and bacon dip is full of umami flavors and a creamy texture that is elevated by the leeks, garlic, thyme, and scallions.
Serves:
Ingredients
- 3dried porcini mushrooms
- ½cupwater,boiling
- 8slicebacon,thick cut
- 1large leek
- 4clovesgarlic
- 1lbmushrooms,(cremini, white, or shiitake)
- 1tspcoarse salt
- ¼tspfreshly ground pepper
- 1½tspthyme,fresh, finely chopped
- 1pkgcream cheese
- 2cupssour cream
- 3tbspscallions,dark green parts only, sliced
Instructions
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In a small bowl, soak porcini in the boiling water for about 20 minutes, until soft. Working over the bowl, lift out porcini, and squeeze out liquid.
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Coarsely chop porcini. Pour liquid through a fine sieve into another bowl, and reserve.
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Cook bacon in a large skillet over medium heat until crisp. Drain on paper towels. Pour off rendered bacon fat, reserving ¼ cup. Wipe skillet clean. Coarsely chop bacon.
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Return 3 tablespoons bacon fat to skillet. Add leek and garlic; cook over medium heat, stirring occasionally, until trans-lucent.
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Add fresh mushrooms and porcini, then the salt and pepper. Raise heat to high; cook for 5 to 8 minutes, stirring, until mushrooms are tender. Add thyme; cook 2 minutes more. Transfer to a plate; let cool.
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With an electric mixer, whisk cream cheese in a medium bowl until smooth. Gradually add sour cream; whisk until smooth.
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By hand, stir in mushrooms, three-quarters of the bacon, scallions, and 2 tablespoons porcini liquid. If necessary, add more porcini liquid to reach desired consistency.
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Garnish dip with scallions and remaining bacon. If desired, cook sliced mushrooms in remaining tablespoon bacon fat in a medium skillet over medium heat, stirring occasionally, until golden brown.
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Scatter over dip. Serve with chips if desired.
Nutrition
- Calories: 2372.23kcal
- Fat: 214.06g
- Saturated Fat: 100.50g
- Trans Fat: 0.31g
- Monounsaturated Fat: 71.15g
- Polyunsaturated Fat: 21.04g
- Carbohydrates: 64.39g
- Fiber: 8.85g
- Sugar: 32.40g
- Protein: 61.79g
- Cholesterol: 485.82mg
- Sodium: 3495.35mg
- Calcium: 728.49mg
- Potassium: 3148.63mg
- Iron: 7.61mg
- Vitamin A: 1250.61µg
- Vitamin C: 36.44mg
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