Mushroom Sauce

Preparation info
  • Serves

    4

    • Difficulty

      Medium

    • Ready in

      15 min

Appears in
The Times Cookery Book

By Katie Stewart

Published 1974

  • About

Ingredients

  • 2 oz (50 g) butter
  • 1 small onion
  • ½

Method

Very small tightly closed mushrooms must be used for this recipe, as mushrooms that are open will discolour the sauce, making it dark.

Melt half the butter in a frying pan over low heat. Peel and finely chop the onion. Add to the pan and fry very gently for about 5 minutes, until the onion is soft but not browned. Meanwhile trim and wash the mushrooms in cold water, then drain and slice