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Halloween Recipe – Lung Calzones (Madeira Mushroom Filled Pastries)

August 30, 2010 This post may contain affiliate links.

Looking for a gross and creepy appetizer to make? These Lung Calzones are the perfect party food! Filled with delicious madeira mushroom you wont be able to get enough!

Looking for a gross and creepy appetizer to make? These Lung Calzones are the perfect party food! Filled with delicious madeira mushroom you wont be able to get enough!

 

 

I had so much fun creating the “oh so disgusting looking” foods for my Dead Man’s Diner Party.  To be honest, I am very squeamish and hate the sight of real blood. If I cut myself, I get sick to my stomach and have to have someone else clean and dress my wound.  My husband was a medic in the army and is my hero whenever I am hurt. So, you might ask yourself, how is it I can create gross looking food?  I know it is just food and I find it challenging to create yummy tasting food that looks gross.

When I sat down to create body part recipes for my party I actually came up with an idea for almost every single body part as well as bodily fluid. Not all the ideas made it onto my party buffet, nor did they all make it into my book.  These lungs were one such recipe.  I first made them as traditional cheese calzones, which you may choose to do.  However, I wanted to share this recipe for Madeira Mushroom filled pastries with you and this filling worked great in these lung calzones.  This is a great recipe in any shape!

Madeira Mushroom Filled Lung Calzones (serves 6-8)

Ingredients:

8 ounces Cremini mushrooms
8 ounces Shiitaki mushrooms
Olive Oil (2-3 tblsp.)
2 ounces Pancetta
4 tablespoons butter, divided
1 shallot, diced
1 clove garlic, minced
2 roasted red peppers, diced

3/4 cup Madeira Wine
1/4 cup beef broth
1/2 teaspoon balsamic vinegar
2 tubes Pillsbury (R) Recipe Creations (R) Crescent Seamless Dough Sheet
dusting of flour
1 egg

Instructions:


Clean mushrooms with a damp paper towel. Remove stems from Shiitaki mushrooms. Slice and set aside.

Heat 1 teaspoon olive oil in a 12″ skillet over medium high heat. Chop Pancetta into small pieces and sprinkle in hot pan.  Cook, stirring often, until crisp. Note: Make sure your exhaust fan is on as Pancetta will create a lot of smoke as it cooks.

Use a slotted spoon to remove crispy Pancetta from skillet.  Drain it on a piece of paper towel.  Set aside. In the same hot skillet add 1 tablespoon butter to the pan. As soon as it melts add 4 ounces sliced mushrooms (1/4 of your total.)

Don’t crowd the pan and you will get beautifully caramelized mushrooms. Once mushrooms are brown, remove from pan.  Add 1-3 tsp. olive oil and 1 tablespoon butter to pan. Add 4 ounces mushrooms. Brown. Repeat until all mushrooms are browned.

Looking for a gross and creepy appetizer to make? These Lung Calzones are the perfect party food! Filled with delicious madeira mushroom you wont be able to get enough!

Heat one tablespoons olive oil in pan. Add shallot and saute until translucent.  Add garlic and heat for 30 seconds. Add roasted red peppers and browned mushrooms. Stir, then add Madeira wine, beef broth, and balsamic vinegar.

Bring to a boil. Reduce to a simmer until all of the liquid evaporates. Remove from pan and let cool slightly.

Looking for a gross and creepy appetizer to make? These Lung Calzones are the perfect party food! Filled with delicious madeira mushroom you wont be able to get enough!

Unroll Pillsbury (R) Recipe Creations (R) Crescent Seamless Dough Sheet onto a lightly floured work surface. Spread 1/2 of the mushroom mixture onto the dough in the shape of a lung. (I cut out a piece of parchment paper in the shape of a lung to use as a guide.)

Looking for a gross and creepy appetizer to make? These Lung Calzones are the perfect party food! Filled with delicious madeira mushroom you wont be able to get enough!

Fold dough up and over the filling and press to seal edges, removing any excess dough.  Lightly beat egg with about a teaspoon of water.  Use a pastry brush to brush egg wash over seams.  Let egg wash dry.

Looking for a gross and creepy appetizer to make? These Lung Calzones are the perfect party food! Filled with delicious madeira mushroom you wont be able to get enough!

Now repeat the process making sure you reverse the shape, so you have a left and right lung. (This is where the parchment paper lung shape really helps to make sure you have similar sized lungs.)

Looking for a gross and creepy appetizer to make? These Lung Calzones are the perfect party food! Filled with delicious madeira mushroom you wont be able to get enough!

 

Turn a baking sheet upside down and place a piece of parchment paper on top.  Use the excess dough to create a long tube.  Lay lungs on pan leaving room in between for dough to expand. Refrigerate for 30 minutes.

Place a baking sheet turned upside down in your oven. Preheat oven to 450 degrees.  You can also use a baking stone. The hot pan will create a nice crisp crust on the underside of your calzones.

Use the parchment paper to help you carefully slide your lungs off of one baking sheet onto the one in the oven.  Bake for 6-8 minutes until golden brown.

 

Once baked, carefully slide parchment paper from the hot baking sheet in the oven to a cool one.  I use the R.S.V.P. oven spatula to remove my lungs from the parchment lined baking sheet.  You can use two large spatulas to lift the lungs to transfer them to a serving platter.  I highly recommend buying one of these oven spatulas, as it is my absolute favorite kitchen gadget. I use if to get pizzas out of the oven and I use it to pick up cake layers while I’m frosting a cake.  To purchase one of these amazing gadgets, click on this link to go to Amazon.com to make your purchase. R.S.V.P Endurance Oven and Pizza Spatula

Be sure to check out all the Halloween recipes here on Hungry Happenings.

 

Looking for a gross and creepy appetizer to make? These Lung Calzones are the perfect party food! Filled with delicious madeira mushroom you wont be able to get enough!
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  1. Pete S.

    August 30, 2010 at 3:59 pm

    The cleaver in the picture is a hoot! How about stuffing them with trout and calling them Lungfish? There really is such an animal — almost as unusual-looking as your edible lungs. Question: for this particular recipe when you open the madeira do you have to let it breathe?

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