Mushroom sauce - adventures in microwave
1 Servings
Ingredients
| Quantity | Ingredient | |
|---|---|---|
| 8 | ounces | Fresh mushrooms, cleaned |
| And sliced lengthwise. | ||
| 2 | tablespoons | Butter or margarine |
| ¼ | cup | All-purpose flour |
| 1 | cup | Chicken or beef broth - |
| (Homemade, canned or from | ||
| Bullion cube) | ||
| 1 | cup | Half-and-half |
| 1 | tablespoon | Snipped parsley |
| ¼ | teaspoon | Salt |
Directions
1. Put mushrooms and butter into a 2-quart glass measuring pitcher.
Cover with plastic wrap. Cook in microwave oven 2 to 3 minutes at High, or until musrooms are tender; stir once.
2. Remove from oven. Blend flour into butter and cooked mushrooms.
Add broth gradually, stirring constantly. Cook uncovered in microwave oven 6 minutes at High; stir every minute.
3. Add half-and-half gradually to mushroom mixture, stirring constantly. Heat uncovered in microwave oven to serving temperature (about 2 minutes at High); stir once.
4. Remove from oven; stir in parsley and salt.
Yield: about 2-¾ cups.
SOURCE: Adventures in Microwave Cooking