You’ll want to put this creamy Mushroom Sauce on everything! From steak to chicken, porks chops to roasts, smothered omelettes and baked potatoes, you’re only limited by your imagination. It’s a luxurious yet simple sauce you’ll make again and again and again….
A Mushroom Sauce for everything!
An omelette smothered in a creamy mushroom sauce. A mushroom sauce for steak. A baked sweet potato stuffed to the brim with mushrooms in a creamy sauce.
I had all 3 of these on The List and no idea how I was going to share them all without a complete and utter creamy mushroom overload.
Solution: Just share the sauce and a bunch of ways to use it!
Jeez. Only took me 5 months to figure that out!!!🙄
Simple yet luxurious.
It’s simple to make but doesn’t call for any gourmet ingredients. You absolutely could just sauté up some mushrooms in a load of butter and stir through a gallon of cream.
But if you want one that stacks up to the great sauces of the world served at fine dining establishments, add wine and parmesan. These are the two ingredients that add an extra something-something to this sauce. Depth of flavour and savouriness (that’s umami, if you want to get technical 🙂 ).
Don’t worry if you can’t consume alcohol, just use more chicken or veg broth and be sure not to skip the parmesan!
What you need for creamy mushroom sauce
Here’s what you need to make this:
How to make creamy mushroom sauce
And here’s how to make it: sauté mushrooms until golden, deglaze the pan using wine (extra flavour trick!), then add the cream and parmesan and simmer until thickened. Easy!
Oh the possibilities!
Sauces like this are terrific because they are so incredibly versatile. So here are a few ideas for how to use this Mushroom Sauce…. just a few…..
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Mushroom Sauce for steak or other seared proteins – beef, pork chops, chicken, turkey. Just sprinkle with salt and pepper and cook to your taste, then smother in this sauce. Here’s a complete recipe with chicken breast;
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Baked potatoes – scrub ’em, bake ’em, slit ’em then stuff ’em;
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Roasts – use as a sauce for roast chicken, turkey, beef or pork. Spectacular!
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Schnitzel with Mushroom Sauce (oh my…..)
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Smothered omelettes;
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Add pasta and toss, toss, toss! (250g/8oz long strong pasta or 300g/10oz short pasta like ziti, penne, orecchiette, serves 3 – 4)
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Meatballs! Use it for these baked Italian meatballs, chicken meatballs, or these Swedish Meatballs. (Makes enough sauce for one batch of meatballs);
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Steamed vegetables – imagine steamed beans or asparagus with this Mushroom Sauce over it…
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Outta-This-World-Mashed-Potatoes: It’s like mash and gravy.… but a million times better!
To be honest though, you could hand me a hunk of crusty bread and I’d be one happy girl. Imagine dunking hot crusty bread in this!!!! – Nagi x
PS Also added a lightened up version in the recipe notes. Just in case it’s more to your taste. ❤️
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Mushroom Sauce
Ingredients
- 2 tbsp unsalted butter
- 1/2 tbsp olive oil
- 300g / 10 oz mushrooms , sliced (Note 1)
- Pinch of salt and pepper
- 2 garlic cloves , minced
- 1/4 cup (65 ml) white wine or rose , dry (Note 2 subs)
- 1/2 cup (125 ml) chicken or vegetable broth
- 1 cup (250 ml) heavy / thickened cream (Note 3)
- 1/2 cup parmesan ,finely grated (30g / 1 oz) (Note 4)
- 2 tsp fresh thyme leaves (or 1/4 - 1/2 tsp dried)
Instructions
- Heat oil and melt butter in a skillet over medium high heat. Add mushrooms and leisurely cook until golden brown - takes about 4 to 5 minutes. No need to stir constantly.
- Just before they're done, add the garlic and a pinch of salt and pepper. Cook until garlic is golden (~ 1 minute).
- Add white wine - it will sizzle! Stir, scraping the bottom of the skillet, for 1 minute or until mostly evaporated.
- Add broth, cream and parmesan. Stir, then lower heat to medium so the sauce is simmering - do not boil rapidly, cream may split.
- Stir occasionally and simmer for 2 - 3 minutes until it thickens. It shouldn't be super thick, this is a rich sauce.
- Stir through thyme, adjust salt and pepper to taste. Remove from stove.
- Serve over steak or other cooked protein. Toss through pasta, stuff into baked potatoes, serve with roast beef, chicken or pork, smothered omelettes. See in post for more ideas!
Recipe Notes:
Nutrition Information:
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LIFE OF DOZER
If you eat in my house, this is what will be in front of you. Still as a statue (except for the odd flicker of a pink tongue). Unblinking. Silently willing you to break.
Very, very effective strategy.
Wynn says
Mushrooms just went on the shopping list, and will likely be on the list numerous times this month, thanks to the excellent use suggestions which I’ve also copied and printed. I so appreciate the suggestions, because I have a tendency to go completely blank, when trying to come up with meal ideas and shopping lists every few days. I must confess to mostly taking walks on the wild side, since after trying a recipe verbatim, thereafter mostly wing it just eyeballing ingredients without bothering to actually measure anything, and often adjust the finished amount to suit the amount actually needed at any given time.
However, I have created a dedicated Nagi recipe binder for frequently used recipes and ideas (Charlie, etc, etc, etc), and also a dedicated Nagi file for the overflow, because I’ve found I refer to your recipes for both ideas and interesting techniques, more than I refer to anyone else’s, including any of the vast quantity of cookbooks I have and have also inherited. So many of your recipes speak directly to what we most enjoy eating, that it has streamlined and simplified planning and shopping immensely for me. Thanks so much!
Nagi says
Winging it is the way Wynn! I wing it ALL the time! 😂
Susan says
I wish I had a use for this sauce – my husband likes his steaks very plain, as in never any sauce. Not even marinated. I’m glad I’m not one of Dozer’s victims – I wouldn’t last long!
Nagi says
When you’ve got a great steak, I agree with your husband! 🙂 N xx
Dahn says
I love mushrooms and we are heading right into mushroom season here in the Pacific Northwest. I only know how to safely identify chanterelle mushrooms but I know how to grow those little white and brown button mushrooms in your photos and video. Oh, but wouldn’t this be yummy with chanterelles too???
Nagi says
I’ve been wanting to go mushroom hunting!!! It sounds like an ideal day out 🙂 And so satisfying, cooking with produce you’ve foraged yourself!!! N xx
Zelda says
They run mushroom hunting tours around Hampton/Blue Mountains in autumn Nagi, in the pine forests. I have been meaning to go for years but have never got around to it.
Nagi says
I heard about them! I really want to go one day! N x
Dahn says
Well I meant that I can identify chanterelles in the wild. We go mushroom hunting in the Fall and have a blast with it. 🙂
Vivian says
I wondered about freezing as well. As a “family” of ONE, a batch would last me a long time. I think with the heavy cream it should be okay but I want the word from the master.
Aw, The Doze! Something about that little sad snout that pleads, “Please, Sir, may I have some more? Even the merest tidbit to tide me over ’til next week?”
Thanks Nagi, your choice of recipes for us are always bang on.
Lisa says
Hi Vivian, I always have the same question as well (too good to not make a batch).
Nagi says
Hi Vivienne and Lisa!! I must say I haven’t tried but I will because a few people have asked 🙂 I don’t want to guess because dairy can split when frozen and sometimes goes grainy. N x
Lisa says
Hi Nagi, Shall try and let you know. Thank you! x
lily gar says
Hi beautiful lady AND Dozer , you really shine on this new email I just received Mushrooms my favorite word , blessings to you ,Dozer and your Mom , the only thing I did not see was Drolling from Dozer today , since his operation he has more that sad look for a while he should wear special boots ,get used to them by walking in the house ,but not for water!!! -Mushrooms- Mushrooms ,OH BOY pat lily gar -I have Facebook — lily
Nagi says
I promise he is smiling more Lily!! He is getting out every day now, and he’s even back on the beach 🙂 He’s VERY happy!!! 🙂 N xx
Evelyn says
I rare;y post comments on websites, but I have recently discovered your site and I just LOVE it!!! Certainly one of the bets sites around. Just searched all of your recipes on your website. They inspire me to cook and to try new things. Please keep on cooking and sharing your recipes. BTW, Dozer is absolutely adorable!!!
Nagi says
Thank you for the compliment Evelyn! I’m so pleased you’ve seen things that inspire you! N x
J says
This sauce looks yummy for someone that likes mushrooms, but that’s not me. 😂
Dozer has this puppy dog look. I make my dog stay in the kitchen while I go eat in the dinning room. He always gets alittle bit of what I have with his food unless it has garlic and onions in it. Then he will whine loud enough so I hear him. Lol.
I would jump in that beautiful blue water too, like Dozer! Have a great day N!
Nagi says
I love that you messaged on this recipe even though you don’t like ‘shrooms!! 😂
JoAnn says
Your recipes are awesome; so delicious. Your entire layout of the page with pics and information, recipe notes, nutrition facts, recipe instructions & videos plus the related recipe section make your site very special; it’s like having you right in our kitchens. Life with Dozer is the cherry on top for me; looks like my ‘Honey’. Keep cooking and know they are so many of us out here who appreciate all that you do and share with us. Have a great day and THANKS!
Nagi says
Thank you for the compliment JoAnn! I truly love what I do so much, I just want to make it as easy as possible for people to make my recipes! N xx
Lyn says
Love mushrooms so this recipe will be used frequently. My dog Brandy (a Shepard mix) has the same look as Dozer when we are eating a meal but she puts her face in my lap (sometimes my guests laps as well, if she knows which friends will give into her!!!!)
Nagi says
Dozer does that too – when he is REALLY sucking up!
Ron says
Love mushrooms in anything, well maybe not ice cream or maybe. We have a secret spot in the nearby forest that is teaming with wild mushrooms almost ready to pick. Some will definitely end up in this sauce tossed with a nice fresh pasta.
Dozer looks strong and ever vigilant, but I think should I appear at the door with a nice steak he might smile.
Nagi says
Secret spot for wild mushrooms? I want your life.
Ron says
Nope, you can’t have it. I’m having way too much fun with it.
Jacquie Morneau says
I would say, in my opinion that you have one of the top sites out there. Great recipes, tips and always Nutritional Information which I ALWAYS look for. Thank you for thinking of every aspect a person searching for recipes could want. Can’t wait to make this and thanks for the great emails Nagi. Have a wonderful day and keep cooking!
Nagi says
Thank you for the compliment Jacquie! I’m so pleased you find the way I write my recipes helpful 🙂 It’s taken years to get here – and it’s totally worth it, I LOVE what I do!! N xx
Jacquie M. says
I would say, in my opinion that you have one of the top sites out there. Great recipes, tips and always Nutritional Information which I ALWAYS look for. Thank you for thinking of every aspect a person searching for recipes could want. Can’t wait to make this and thanks for the great emails Nagi. Have a wonderful day and keep cooking!
Elaine says
Wondering…can this be FROZEN once made? Was thinking of doubling or tripling the recipe so I always had some on hand for meals. But will freezing it alter the flavor or consistency in any way?
CindyG says
I was curious about this, too. I love mushrooms, but my hubby doesn’t. If I could freeze it I could pull out porsions for me and let him go without!!! Who wants to share anyway?
Nagi says
Hi Cindy and Elaine! I must say I haven’t tried but I will because a few people have asked 🙂 I don’t want to guess because dairy can split when frozen and sometimes goes grainy. N x