Mushroom Sauce for Everything (RecipeTin Eats)

Tempo

15 min

Picante

Dificuldade

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Ingredientes

2 tbsp

unsalted butter

½ tbsp

olive oil

300g mushrooms, sliced (cremini / Paris / portobello — see Notes)

Pinch of salt and pepper

garlic cloves, minced

60ml dry white wine or rosé (NOT oaky Chardonnay; Sauvignon Blanc, Pinot Gris, or rosé work best)

125ml chicken or vegetable broth

250ml heavy cream (creme de leite fresco)

30g parmesan, finely grated (½ cup; reggiano if you can, otherwise good Brazilian parmesan)

2 tsp

fresh thyme leaves (or ¼-½ tsp dried)

Modo de preparo

01**Sauté mushrooms.** Heat oil and melt butter in a skillet over medium-high. Add mushrooms. Cook **4-5 minutes**, stirring occasionally (not constantly), until **golden brown**.
02**Add garlic.** Just before mushrooms are done, add minced garlic + pinch of salt and pepper. Cook 1 minute until garlic is golden.
03**Deglaze with wine.** Add white wine — it'll sizzle. Stir, scraping the bottom of the skillet for **1 minute** until mostly evaporated.
04**Build sauce.** Add broth, cream, and parmesan. Stir. **Lower heat to medium-low** so the sauce simmers gently — do NOT boil rapidly, cream may split.
05**Simmer.** Stir occasionally for **2-3 minutes** until sauce thickens. **Should not be super-thick** — this is a rich, draping sauce, not a paste.
06**Finish.** Stir in thyme. Adjust salt and pepper. Off heat.

Mushroom Sauce for Everything

The "use it on anything" cream-and-mushroom sauce. Designed to drape over steak, chicken, pork chops, pasta, baked potatoes, omelettes — pretty much anything you'd consider "needs a sauce." Wine + parmesan + cream = depth without complication. 15 minutes from start to plate.

Heat: 0/5. No chile.

Serving

Spooned over: steak, chicken breast, pork chop, salmon, lamb chop
Tossed through: pasta (any shape; tagliatelle is great)
Stuffed into: baked potatoes, mushroom toast (sourdough)
Poured over: an omelette
As a side: a bowl with bread for dipping

Notes

Mushroom variety. Any mushroom works. Cremini (Swiss Brown) gives the best depth. White button is fine. Portobello adds meatiness. Wild mushrooms (porcini, shiitake) are luxurious if you have them.
Don't stir constantly. Mushrooms release water; constant stirring traps the steam and they boil rather than brown. Stir every 60-90 seconds.
Wine: dry, not oaky. Sauvignon Blanc and similar varieties work; rosé is great too. Avoid heavy Chardonnay (clashes) and sweet wines (too cloying).
Cream choice. Heavy/double cream (35% fat) gives the silky result. Single cream (20%) can split. Crème fraîche is a luxurious substitute. Don't use light cream or evaporated milk — wrong texture.
To lighten. Halve the cream + use half-broth, half-milk. Less rich but still works.
More mushrooms. Use 400-500g if planning to stuff into baked potatoes — needs more body for filling.
Make-ahead: keeps 2 days in fridge. Reheat gently — boiling will split. Add a splash of broth if it tightens.
Wine match: the same wine you cooked with.
Cross-reference: see iogurte_green-goddess-dip.md for a no-cook vegetarian sauce; see iogurte_tzatziki.md (when written) for a yogurt-based sauce. This is the "rich and creamy" of the trio.