Mushrooms Braised with Sake and Ginger

Name: Mushrooms Braised with Sake and Ginger
Ingredients: pinch salt; freshly ground black pepper; 1 teaspoon fresh ginger, finely chopped; 1 tablespoon soy sauce; 100 ml(3 ½ fl oz) sake; 150 g(5 oz) butter; 12 flat mushrooms

Preparation info

Serves
4–6

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

A World in My Kitchen

By Peter Gordon

Published 2003

About

I served these at home recently with some poached smoked haddock, a poached egg and hollandaise — it was delicious. However, they’re also good to serve alongside roast chicken or lamb. Some people prefer to peel their mushrooms but I don’t bother.

Ingredients

12 flat mushrooms
100 ml(3 ½ fl oz) sake
150

Side dish
Vegetarian

Method

Preheat oven to 180°C/350°F/Gas Mark 4. Place mushrooms in a baking dish that has a lid. (Don’t worry if they are a little squashed as they will shrink as they cook.) Place remaining ingredients into a saucepan and bring to a simmer, then pour over mushrooms. Cover and