Blue Cheese Stuffed Mushrooms

Ingredients

20 mushrooms
2 tb butter
1/4 c pepper
1/2 c cream
3/8 c crumbled blue cheese
1 1/2 c rice
1 tb basil
1/8 ts pepper

Instructions

Clean mushrooms with damp paper towel. Remove mushroom stems; finely chop stems and set aside. Saute mushroom caps in butter in skillet until almost tender; drain on paper towels. Saute mushroom stems and red pepper in skillet. Add cream; bring to a boil. Reduce heat and add cheese; cook until melted. Stir in rice, basil, and pepper; cook until thoroughly heated. Spoon rice mixture into mushroom caps. Place mushroom caps in greased shallow baking pan. Cover and bake at 350 F for 10 minutes or until tender. Drain on paper towels. Garnish stuffed mushrooms with basil.