mushrooms in cream sauce

Penelope_Penguin

Hi, there! There's an older thread here: Mushroom sauce

I'll add you thread later to keep ideas together.

Penny. x

Stephen_Leak

It sounds like you need the Anglo-American version of carbonara sauce (mushrooms, cream, ham, not the Italian version with pancetta and egg) but minus the ham. One individually customised recipe coming up ...

CARBONARA [strike]HAM[/strike] MUSHROOM SAUCE

Enough for pasta for 2

INGREDIENTS

[strike]4 slices of cooked ham[/strike]
100g of closed cup mushrooms
2 cloves of garlic
1 onion
1 tablespoon of olive oil
1 tablespoon of flour
150ml carton of single cream
1 teaspoon of mixed herbs
Ground pepper to taste

METHOD

[strike]Cut the ham into 1cm (½ inch) pieces.[/strike] Wipe the mushrooms clean. Cut the ends off the stalks and chop them into slices. Peel the garlic and chop it into tiny pieces. Peel the onion and chop it into tiny pieces.

Put the oil into a frying pan on a medium heat. Add the onion and garlic. Cook for a couple of minutes until the onion has gone soft. Stir frequently to stop it sticking. Add the mushrooms, stir and cook for a couple more minutes. Add the flour and stir until it has absorbed the oil and juices in the pan. Add the cream, [strike]ham[/strike] and herbs. Season with the pepper. Stir and cook for about a minute until it has made a smooth sauce.

ADDITIONS & ALTERNATIVES

[strike]Use bacon or a gammon steak, cut into 1cm (½ inch) pieces and added at the same time as the onion and garlic, instead of the cooked ham.[/strike] Use button mushrooms instead of closed cup mushrooms. Don’t use open cup mushrooms, as the brown underside discolours the sauce. Use crème fraîche instead of the cream.

TIPS

A dairy-based sauce like this should traditionally be served with long, thin egg pasta, like tagliatelle. However, it is also served with long, thin plain pasta, like spaghetti.

Always “take the pasta to the sauce”. Put the pasta in the pan with the sauce and stir together until thoroughly coated.

Lstclair55

Thanks for the help, will have a go at these.