Name: Mushroom Strudel
Yield: Makes 8 servings
Ingredients: 2 lbs. mushrooms; 1/4 cup minced shallots or green onions; 6 tbsp butter; 2 tbsp oil; Salt and pepper; 2 8-oz packages cream cheese; 8 sheets frozen strudel or filo dough, 16 inches x 22 inches; 3/4 cup melted butter; Bread crumbs

Gael Greene shared these recipes with Epicurious from her new book, Insatiable. To learn more about Greene, read our Q&A.

This is a recipe from my young bride days, before cholesterol was a health concern. But I believe holidays are the perfect excuse for excess. If you serve sixteen with this recipe, you'll feel half as guilty. I did four of these for Craig Claiborne's riotous sixty-seventh birthday party, where so many great chefs cooked that few guests even noticed my effort.

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