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French · Sauce / condiment

Porcini-Vermouth Pan Sauce

A quick sauce built in the pan after searing steak, pork or chicken: dried porcini steeped in stock, shallot, vermouth and a touch of tomato paste reduced hard, then swirled with cold butter and lemon for a deep, woodsy gloss.

  • YieldMakes about 240 ml; serves 4
  • Hands-on30 min
  • Total50 min
  • Difficulty

Ingredients

  • 14 gdried porcini mushrooms, about 3/4 cup
  • 360 mlhomemade or low-sodium chicken stock, 1 1/2 cups
  • 1large shallot, minced (about 1/4 cup)
  • 55 gunsalted butter, 4 tablespoons, cold, cut in cubes
  • 1 tspplain (all-purpose) flour
  • 1 tspsoy sauce
  • 120 mldry vermouth, 1/2 cup
  • 1 tsptomato paste
  • 1 tspfresh lemon juice
  • 1 tspfresh thyme leaves, chopped
  • to tastekosher salt and freshly ground black pepper

Contains

  • Gluten
  • Dairy
  • Soy
  • Celery
  • Sulfites
  • Legumes (any)
  • Wheat
  • Grapes
  • Citrus fruits (any)
  • Lemon
  • Nightshades (any)
  • Tomato
  • Onion family (any)
  • Onion
  • Shallot
  • Carrot
  • Thyme
  • Black and white pepper
  • Mushrooms (any)
  • Porcini
  • Mold-ripened and koji-fermented foods
  • Poultry and birds (any)
  • Chicken
  • Histamine (aged and fermented foods)
  • Alcohol

Taste

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

Equipment

  • Stovetop

Season

  • Any season

Occasion

  • Weeknight
  • Entertaining

Effort

  • 20–45 min active
  • 30–60 min total
  • Difficulty 2
  • One pot

Nutrition

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

Budget

  • Budget: moderate

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