These incredible simple pesto and olive stuffed mushrooms make a great starter, main or snack. They are easy to make yet they taste stunning! The mushrooms are filled with olive paste, walnut-basil pesto, scallions and parsley to make them absolutely irresistible.
When I first moved to Germany I had the sweetest flatmate ever, a turkish girl. She cooked so well and introduced me to so many amazing turkish dishes. She always had some jars of olive paste at home, which I just couldn’t resist and ate all the time. It was just so good spreading on a slice of toast or some veggies. Then one day I think she got bored of me eating her food all the time and bought me a jar of that tasty olive paste. Gosh, I was so happy! I discovered how well you can cook with that paste, I stuffed my veggies with it, put in my salad dressings, used in my pasta sauces and soups…
Long story short olive paste is genius! And these olive paste stuffed mushrooms are so too. Love, love, love!!!
Pesto and Olive Stuffed Mushrooms
- Total Time: 25 mins
- Yield: 4 1x
Ingredients
- 8 medium mushrooms (400gr)
- 2 tbsp olive paste
- 2 scallions
- 1 lime
- 1/3 cup of walnut
- 1 cup of basil
- 1 cup of parsley
- 1 clove of garlic
- 2 tbsp olive oil
- salt, pepper
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 180°C. Wash mushrooms, break off stems and place mushrooms on a baking tray. Chop stems, parsley and scallions finely and add to a mixing bowl.
- Add olive paste (or about 20 black olives), juice of a lime, walnuts, basil, garlic and olive oil to a food processor and blend it all together. You can leave it a bit rustic, if you prefer. Add the mixture to the chopped veggies and mix well.
- Stuff the mushrooms with the filling, season with salt and pepper and bake for about 20 minutes. Serve warm with herbs and a green salad. Enjoy!
- Prep Time: 5 mins
- Cook Time: 20 mins
Oh my gosh, these look sooooo good!! I love stuffed mushrooms, and I love olives, so I know I’d love these! Pinned. 🙂
Thank you, Linda!
I love stuffed mushrooms too, I make this dish very often 🙂
Oh Evi, these sound and look delicious! I often forget how fabulous stuffed mushrooms are so I’m so happy you reminded me! Love how you’ve made these with walnuts! Thank you for sharing Evi!
I also make rarely stuffed mushrooms, I can usually buy just very small ones which are not so good to stuff. So I am happy for these ones now 🙂
wow this looks wonderful. Theres just something specal about olives 🙂
Yes! Olives are so good!! 🙂
Oh my word these look amazing!!!
Thanks, Alison 🙂
Oh my god, these look so good! I love mushrooms, I love pesto and I’m dying to eat these like right now! Pinned!
Thanks, Manali! I love all these things too 🙂
These look so good!! Nourishing, tasty, and fun to eat!! LOVE it! 🙂
Thank you, Cailee 🙂
I’ve never heard of or seen olive paste! Is it difficult to find in the US? Anyone know? These look really good
Hey Stephanie,
I don’t know about the US, but in Europe they sell it often in small ethnic shops or markets, where it’s also very cheap.
You could also try to order some online or you can make your own. Mine is 97% black olives and 3% olive oil, just simply blend it together 🙂
I hope it helped!