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Preparation info
  • Serves

    4 to 6

    • Difficulty

      Easy

Appears in
French at Heart: Recipes That Bring France Home

By Marjorie Taylor and Kendall Smith Franchini

Published 2025

  • About

Knowing how to sauté mushrooms is an essential skill for home cooks. First, they need to be cleaned well (see Cleaning and Peeling Mushrooms). Then, it’s important to sauté them properly, so they don’t get soggy. Start with a very hot pan and actively bubbling butter. Add the mushrooms, then let them sit and sear; if you start to move them around too soon, they will release their liquid and become watery.

For this recipe, any fresh mushroom wi