Mushroom sauce
Serves 4
Easy
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Rich and full of umami savouriness, this simple creamy mushroom sauce is perfect with steak, chicken or tossed through hot pasta
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- 2 tbsp dried porcinimushrooms
- 1 tsp butter
- 2 shallotsfinely diced
- 200g chestnut mushroomssliced
- 200g crème fraîche
Nutrition: per serving
- kcal215
- fat21g
- saturates14g
- carbs3g
- sugars1g
- fibre1g
- protein3g
- salt0.06g
Method
step 1
Pour 100ml of boiling water over the dried porcini and leave to stand for 5 mins. In a saucepan, heat the butter and add the shallots, frying gently until they are soft and translucent. Add the chestnut mushrooms and cook for 5 mins more. When they are cooked, pour in 1 tbsp of the liquor from the porcini and discard the rest. Chop the porcini and add them to the pan. Fold in the crème fraîche, bring to a simmer then season.