Mushroom Sauce Recipe & Cooking School Video

This vegetarian version rich mushroom sauce is perfect with many of your favorite vegetarian dishes but you can also substitute a rich veal stock or beef stock to serve with beef or veal.

The video is like a culinary school class that shows you step by step how to prepare this wonderful sauce. It's easy and doesn't take long at all to make a sauce your family and friends will rave about.

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How to Make Mushroom Sauce

Makes 1 pint
Preparation Time = 2 minutes
Cooking Time = 50 minutes

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Ingredients:

1 1⁄3 oz dried mushrooms
8 ½ fl oz red wine
8 ½ fl oz vegetable stock
1 tablespoon corn flour
salt and pepper

Cooking Tools

1 wooden spoon
1 saucepan
1 small bowl
1 fork

*For a sauce for beef or veal, substitute veal stock or beef stock.

Preparations

Cover with water - To the bowl of mushrooms, pour in enough boiling water to cover them and briefly stir in with your wooden spoon. Leave to absorb for 5 minutes.

Reduce the wine - Place the saucepan on a high heat and add the red wine. Leave it to reduce by half which will take approximately 5 minutes.

Add the stock - Once reduced add the vegetable stock, pour in the bowl of mushrooms and water, stir well and bring to the boil. Once boiling, turn down the heat to a simmer. Leave to cook for half an hour.

Add the corn flour - Add a little cold water to the bowl of corn flour and mix in with a fork. Bring the pan back to the boil. Add the corn flour and stir well. Season with salt and pepper, stir again and remove from the heat.

Serve - Transfer the sauce into a jug and serve hot. Try it with a mixed nut roast, the recipe for which can be found on our web site.