Morels Stuffed with Foie Gras

Source / Author: User Submitted

Ingredients:

• 4 oz Bloc de foie gras
• 1 oz Shelled pistachios, salted
• ½ oz Dried cranberries
• 2 oz Unsalted butter
• Freshly grated black pepper
• 8 Very large fresh morels
• Fines herbes

Instructions:

1. Preheat oven to 400 degrees.
2. Cut foie gras into ¼-inch pieces. Mix with pistachios and cranberries. Season with fines herbes and freshly grated black pepper.
3. Clean morels. Cut off stems at base of caps and enlarge opening if necessary.
4. Stuff morels with fois gras mixture, tamping down to firmly fill the cavity. The handle end of a teaspoon can be used for this process.
5. Melt butter and season with fines herbes and freshly grated pepper.
6. Place morels in a buttered roasting dish. Dribble herbed butter over morels and bake for 10 minutes. Serves 4 as appetizer.