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RecipeSauces and RelishesYield: 1 cup (sixteen 1-tablespoon servings)

Wine-Mushroom Sauce

Recipe from Better Homes and Gardens New Cook Book, 10th Edition (1989), page 362. Vision transcription from the scanned page; needs review.

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Ingredients

  • 1 1/2 cups sliced fresh mushrooms
  • 2 tablespoons sliced green onion
  • 1 clove garlic, minced
  • 1 tablespoon margarine or butter
  • 1 teaspoon cornstarch
  • 1/4 teaspoon dried thyme or basil, crushed
  • 1/8 teaspoon salt
  • Dash pepper
  • 1/3 cup dry white wine

Instructions

  1. In a medium saucepan cook mushrooms, onion, and garlic in margarine till tender. Stir in cornstarch, herb, salt, and pepper. Stir in wine and 1/4 cup water all at once. Cook and stir till thickened and bubbly. Cook and stir for 2 minutes more.
  2. Serve with meat or toss with pasta.
  3. Microwave directions: In a 2-cup measure micro-cook mushrooms, onion, and garlic in margarine, uncovered, on 100% power (high) 2 to 3 minutes or till tender. Stir in cornstarch, herb, salt, and pepper. Add wine and 1/4 cup water all at once. Cook, uncovered, on high 2 to 4 minutes or till bubbly; stir every 30 seconds.

Source and image provenance

Historical recipe source: Better Homes and Gardens New Cook Book, 10th Edition (1989), Meredith Corporation. View the cited page at the Internet Archive.

Image credit: Image attribution: "Scottish salmon en croûte with wilted spinach, baby potatoes and a mushroom & white wine sauce (GOC Kings Langley Xmas 2012 082) (8290129705).jpg" by Peter O'Connor aka anemoneprojectors; license: CC BY-SA 2.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0); source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Scottish_salmon_en_cro%C3%BBte_with_wilted_spinach,_baby_potatoes_and_a_mushroom_%26_white_wine_sauce_(GOC_Kings_Langley_Xmas_2012_082)_(8290129705).jpg. Representative photo; cropped/resized.

Community edition: The recipe was transcribed and formatted for interoperability with Nextcloud Cookbook. Review the historical scan before relying on measurements or instructions.

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