Italian · Sauce / condiment

Creamy Balsamic Mushroom Sauce

Name: Creamy Balsamic Mushroom Sauce
Total time: 40 min
Yield: Makes about 2 cups (480 ml)
Cuisine: Italian
Ingredients: 4 tbsp unsalted butter, divided; 150 g mushrooms, sliced; 2 onions, diced; 2 tsp tomato paste; 240 ml vegetable stock; 240 ml heavy cream; 2 tsp balsamic vinegar; 2 tsp dried thyme; ¼ cup fresh parsley, chopped; 2 tbsp cornstarch; kosher salt, to taste; black pepper, to taste

Browned mushrooms and slow-cooked onion in a cream and stock sauce, sharpened with balsamic and thickened to a spoonable gravy. Serve over steak, pork chops, polenta or pasta.

YieldMakes about 2 cups (480 ml)
Hands-on35 min
Total40 min
Difficulty

Ingredients

4 tbspunsalted butter, divided
150 gmushrooms, sliced
2onions, diced
2 tsptomato paste
240 mlvegetable stock
240 mlheavy cream
2 tspbalsamic vinegar
2 tspdried thyme
¼ cupfresh parsley, chopped
2 tbspcornstarch
to tastekosher salt
to tasteblack pepper

Diet

Vegetarian (lacto-ovo)

Contains

Dairy
Celery
Sulfites
Corn (maize)
Grapes
Nightshades (any)
Tomato
Onion family (any)
Onion
Garlic
Carrot
Thyme
Parsley
Black and white pepper
Mushrooms (any)
Button, cremini and portobello
Histamine (aged and fermented foods)
Lactose
FODMAPs (any)

Taste

Sweet
Sour / bright
Salty
Umami / savory
Richness / fat
Herbal / fresh

Texture

Creamy

Equipment

Stovetop

Season

Any season

Occasion

Weeknight

Effort

20–45 min active
30–60 min total
Difficulty 2
Make-ahead friendly

Nutrition

Calories: low
Protein: low
Carbs: low
Fat: moderate
Fiber: low
Sodium: low

Budget

Budget: moderate

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