Mushrooms, of course, are not the best and most useful product. Nevertheless, they are rich in vitamins, minerals, hearty enough and have an excellent aroma, especially dry. For these reasons, they are in demand in cooking. They are fried, stewed, baked, added to sauces, soups are cooked with them. Mushroom gravy from dried mushrooms is very popular. The reason is a specific, nothing like aroma, simplicity and accessibility of preparation, a spicy taste. Gravy revitalizes the most ordinary dish.
General principles for the preparation of mushroom gravy
If you add such a sauce to rice, potatoes or pasta, then the side dishes will turn into tasty and memorable bright dishes. Cook them by adding sour cream, cheese, cream and tomatoes. Flour is almost always used as a thickener. Mushroom sauce from dried mushrooms with meat, fish, casseroles, potato patties, vegetables is served.
In order for the flour to dissolve well, it is first of all pre-calcined, that is, poured onto a dry frying pan and roasted. In addition, this additionally brings a nutty pleasant aftertaste. In stores, you can now purchase several types of fresh mushrooms. But the thing is that no oyster mushrooms or champignons grown artificially can compare with real forest mushrooms. For this reason, many housewives always have at home several bundles of fragrant forest mushrooms. They can always cook a thick, hearty sauce with sour cream and garlic, which will then be served on the table with boiled potatoes or meat. Now we will tell you several ways how to cook mushroom gravy from dried mushrooms.
One of the easiest recipes
For him we need: dried mushrooms - 20 grams, a decoction of mushrooms - 300 ml, a tablespoon of flour, parsley, 100 grams of sour cream, pepper, salt, a couple of cloves of garlic. We wash the dry mushrooms and pour boiling water overnight. In the morning, add a little more water to the same pot and boil it. Then we filter the water, but do not pour it. Heat the pan and fry the flour on it until it becomes creamy.
Pour the broth and stir vigorously until a uniform consistency is obtained. We add one and a half to two glasses of ordinary water - until the desired density is obtained. At that moment, when the sauce thickens, add sour cream, mushrooms, pepper and salt. Cook for five minutes on low heat. At the end of the cooking process, we throw in chopped garlic and herbs, leave to brew for a couple of minutes, and we can serve.
Dry White Mushroom Gravy Recipe
Three or four servings need such ingredients: 60 grams of boiled mushrooms, four tablespoons of sunflower oil, a pinch of pepper, a teaspoon of salt, two tablespoons of flour, 200 grams of onion. Now we’ll tell you how to prepare mushroom sauce from dried mushrooms.
In the evening, soak the mushrooms for 12-14 hours, and in the morning, boil 40 minutes in the same water.
Fry chopped onion until soft in butter. We pass the mushrooms through the meat grinder, add to the onion, fry for three to four minutes, stirring all the time. In a separate frying pan, be sure to dry, fry the flour until creamy color and pour boiling water, 50 ml, then stir until smooth. Add mushrooms and onions from another pan, pepper and salt to taste. Mix everything thoroughly and simmer for five minutes.
Mushroom sauce from dried mushrooms: a universal recipe
If you cook some cereals, for example, buckwheat, pearl barley, millet, then our liquid seasoning is ideal for it. By the way, you can use both frozen and fresh mushrooms, but today the article is not about them. Today we will prepare a dish from the collection of dried mushrooms: butter, russula, honey agarics. First, wash them well, fill them with water and leave for five hours. Then filter through cheesecloth folded in several layers to remove sand. Cook over low heat until soft, rinse with water, this time hot, and shred. Now we are preparing a dressing from flour: combine a spoonful of vegetable oil with two or three tablespoons of flour.
We saute the onion until it becomes golden, dilute it with broth and cook, stirring all the time and not forgetting to remove the foam. Add onion and mushrooms to the flour fill, pepper, salt and cook for 10-15 minutes on low heat. If desired, add a little sugar, tomato paste, vegetable seasonings to enhance the aroma. Stirring, bring to a boil, remove from the stove. Mushroom sauce from dried mushrooms (universal recipe) is ready.
What is the best way to apply mushroom sauce?
You can serve delicious gravy to the festive table, you can pour meat hedgehogs or mashed potatoes with it. And what a dish it will turn out if you combine the gravy with chicken, pork or veal! We give an example. Fry in a skillet with sunflower oil chicken fillet, cut into pieces, along with onions. Then add the soaked dry mushrooms and simmer over low heat until cooked.
About 10 minutes before removing from the heat, put the mayonnaise and flour, pepper, salt and, stirring, cook further. The dried
mushroom sauce
prepared according to this recipe turns out to be very satisfying, and you can eat it without a side dish. If you add cream or sour cream, we get gravy with a more delicate texture, delicate and pleasant aroma. Enjoy your meal!