Woodland Sauce With Mushrooms Sauce Forestiere Recipes

Steps:

• Coarsely chop mushrooms; there should be about 2 cups of each.
• Bring enough water to cover mushrooms to boil and add salt to taste. Add mushrooms and cook about 1 minute. Drain immediately. Put mushrooms in cheesecloth and squeeze to extract most of liquid.
• Put mushrooms into the container of food processor or electric blender and blend as fine as possible. There should be about 1/2 cup.
• Melt butter in saucepan and add mushrooms. Cook briefly and add cream, salt, pepper, nutmeg and cayenne pepper. Let simmer 5 minutes. Serve with roast meats, poached eggs, steamed fish, broiled chicken or roast rack of lamb (see recipe).

Steps:

• Rinse mushrooms and pat dry. Trim off ends.
• Bring 5 cups of water to boil and add salt to taste. Add mushrooms and let simmer about 1 minute. Drain thoroughly and squeeze to extract excess fluid.
• Put mushrooms into container of food processor or blender and blend thoroughly. There should be about 1 cup or slightly more.
• Heat butter in saucepan and add puree of shallots and garlic. Cook briefly and add mushroom puree and cook, stirring, about 1 minute. Add creme fraiche and cook, stirring, about 1 minute. Add curry powder, salt and pepper. Cook over very low heat about 10 minutes.