Mushroom Sauce
| Published: 14th April 2008 17:46 |
Preparation Time: 30 minutes
Cooking Time: 15-20 minutes
Serves: 4
Ingredients
15-20g dried porcini
500ml hot water
2 tbsp olive oil
1/2 onion, finely chopped
2 garlic cloves, finely chopped
2tbsp chopped thyme leaves
300g mushrooms, sliced
juice of half a lemon
2 tbsp chopped parsley
3 tbsp crème fraiche
salt and pepper
Instructions
This is a wonderful sauce best served with pasta or chicken
- Soak the dried porcini in very hot water for at least 30 minutes. Drain the water into a jug and finely slice the porcini.
- Heat the oil in a large pan and cook the onion for 5 minutes before adding the porcini, garlic, mushrooms and thyme. Cook the contents of the pan for a further 5 minutes and then pour in the water that was used to soak the porcini.
- Bring the contents of the pan to a simmer and reduce the sauce until the porcini water is almost absorbed. Remove the pan from the heat and add the lemon juice and chopped parsley. Stir in the crème fraiche and season well.
Recipe by Jane Baxter
Reproduced courtesy of River Nene
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