Farmgirl's Mushroom Sauce

FarmGirl's Note:

Woody mushrooms and tangy sage are offset by sweet shallots. A great sauce to serve on FarmGirl's Grilled Wild Boar Chops or over rice.

• Total Time: 1 hrs 40 mins
• Prep Time: 1 hrs
• Cook Time: 40 mins

Ingredients:

Servings: 4

• ½ ounce dried morel (other mushrooms will do fine)
• 1 quart beef broth (any meat or veggie broth, will reduce to half)
• 20 fresh sage leaves
• 1 shallot , minced
• 1 teaspoon garlic , minced
• 2 tablespoons olive oil
• 1 tablespoon parsley , chopped

Directions:

1. Reconstitute mushrooms according to package directions (i.e. soak in warm water, stock or wine for 20 minutes or so; strain, reserve liquid for future projects).
2. Reduce broth to half (i.e. boil uncovered for 40 minutes or so).
3. Heat oil in heavy sauce pan.
4. Add garlic and cook gently for 1 minute or so.
5. Add shallot, mushrooms and sage leaves.
6. Cook on medium until sage and mushrooms are cooked, 10 minutes.
7. Add reduced broth and simmer 5 minutes.
8. Serve over wild game or rice.

Reviews

[gruntlady]

well YUM..this is wonderful just wonderfl since I am a meat/potatoe gal..I know but hey I had mashed anyway..I used a mix of reg freash button mushrooms..and a couple portabella... I hunt morals in early spring..have a couple secret spots that yeild a pretty good supply... so I can not wait to try this with morals.... there just is NO other flavor as woodsy as the moral...oh drool..I have 21/2.. 3 months to wait..

[Gay Gilmore]

Oooo morels can be expensive, but it was a birthday dinner so he deserved it! ;-) I used Mushroom broth to reconstitute the morels and threw the left over liquid back in to make the sauce. I enriched the sauce with ~1/4 cup of heavy cream and served it over rib eye steaks. Rich I know! It was delicious. I would love to try this same sauce over pasta. The sage seems like a lot, but I grow it so I used lots of little tender baby leaves and they really add a freshness to the sauce. You can eat them whole like this. YUM! Will make again.