Posted By: GaKaye
Sauteed Mushrooms - 05/10/2009 12:25 AM
This is more a method than a recipe. You can make really great sauteed mushrooms without spending a fortune on wild 'shrooms. You just have to saute the he11 out of them!
While heating a saute pan over medium heat, slice your plain, boring, white button mushrooms. When the pan is hot add enough olive oil to coat the pan and let it continue to heat until the oil shimmers. Throw in all of the mushrooms. If you want, add some diced onion. DON'T add garlic now; it will burn! Saute the mushrooms, stirring occasionally, until they release all of their liquid, and all of the liquid cooks off. This will take quite a while. Now, season with salt and pepper, which will cause the mushrooms to release more liquid. Continue to cook and stir a bit until all of this liquid is cooked off; then add a tablespoon of unsalted butter. This would also be the time to add garlic if you want to, and also some herbs...I love thyme with mushrooms...dried or fresh is fine, just remember to use about three times as much fresh as dried. Continue to saute until the mushrooms get a toasty reddish-brown color. The entire process will take at least thirty minutes, but it is SO worth the time! You will be amazed at the flavor and aroma of these mushrooms!!
You can use these mushrooms as the base for a sauce for any meat, or do like I did tonight, and fold them into a red wine risotto.
Enjoy!
While heating a saute pan over medium heat, slice your plain, boring, white button mushrooms. When the pan is hot add enough olive oil to coat the pan and let it continue to heat until the oil shimmers. Throw in all of the mushrooms. If you want, add some diced onion. DON'T add garlic now; it will burn! Saute the mushrooms, stirring occasionally, until they release all of their liquid, and all of the liquid cooks off. This will take quite a while. Now, season with salt and pepper, which will cause the mushrooms to release more liquid. Continue to cook and stir a bit until all of this liquid is cooked off; then add a tablespoon of unsalted butter. This would also be the time to add garlic if you want to, and also some herbs...I love thyme with mushrooms...dried or fresh is fine, just remember to use about three times as much fresh as dried. Continue to saute until the mushrooms get a toasty reddish-brown color. The entire process will take at least thirty minutes, but it is SO worth the time! You will be amazed at the flavor and aroma of these mushrooms!!
You can use these mushrooms as the base for a sauce for any meat, or do like I did tonight, and fold them into a red wine risotto.
Enjoy!