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Mushroom Sofficini

Mushroom Sofficini

Step by step instructions on how to make Mushroom Sofficini: delicious pockets of crunchy dough filled with creamy mushrooms, cheese and béchamel!

Course Main
Cuisine Italian
Prep Time 1 hour
Cook Time 15 minutes
Total Time 1 hour 15 minutes
Author Manuela Zangara

Ingredients

Dough

  • 1 cup milk
  • 1 cup flour sifted
  • 1 tbsp butter
  • 1 tsp salt

Filling

  • 300 gms – 10 oz. mixed mushrroms I used porcini and button mushrooms
  • 1 garlic clove
  • 2 tbsp extra virgin olive oil
  • 200 ml – 6.5 oz. béchamel sauce
  • 6 tbsp Parmigiano Reggiano finely grated
  • Salt and Pepper to taste

Coating

  • 1 egg. beaten
  • Breadcrumbs to coat

Instructions

Filling

  1. Chop the garlic clove and put it in a non stick frying pan with the extra virgin olive oil and let it fry on a low fire for 1 minute.
  2. Add the sliced mushrooms and let them cook for 2-3 minutes.
  3. Put the fire off and keep it aside.
  4. In the meantime prepare the béchamel sauce by following this recipe.
  5. Mix the béchamel sauce and the mushrooms, add the grated Parmigiano Reggiano and season with salt and pepper to taste. Keep aside to cool down.

Dough

  1. Put the milk, butter and salt in a pot and put it on the fire. As soon as it boils, put the fire off and add the sifted flour. Mix well with a wooden spoon until well combined. You will obtain a pliable dough.
  2. As soon as the dough is safe to handle with your hands, put it on a lightly floured surface and knead it until smooth and soft.
  3. Make a ball and wrap it in cling wrap. Let it rest at room temperature until completely cool.

Assembling and Coating

  1. Now roll the dough into a 3mm – 0.12 inches thick sheet. Do it on a sheet of baking paper, to make sure it does not stick. Cut out circles of 13 cm – 5 inches in diameter.
  2. Place some mushroom filling in one half of each circle, fold the other half over it and seal them well by pressing the edges closed with your fingers.
  3. Beat the egg in a bowl and add salt to it and put the breadcrumbs in a separate plate.
  4. Dip each sofficino in the egg and then coat it well with breadcrumbs, pressing with your palm so the crumbs stick well to it.
  5. Shallow fry them in warm vegetable oil. Or bake them in a pre-heated oven at 180°C (350°F) for 20 minutes, but spray them with some extra virgin olive oil before baking them.

Recipe Notes

You can also freeze the sofficini uncooked. Wrap them individually in cling wrap and then put them in a Ziploc bag. You can cook them from frozen whenever you want to.