Sex in a Pan Mushrooms

[aroraborealis]

A number of people have asked me for the recipe for the dish I call Sex in a Pan Mushrooms. They are delicious, but I have to admit, it's not so much a recipe as a ... uh. Some ingredients put together in a particular way. This is close:

Soak 1 bag dried porcinis in port, sherry, madeira or wine for 20-30 minutes. While soaking, you can:
Finely chop 1-3 cloves of garlic.
Chop 1 onion.
Slice 2-3 lbs assorted mushrooms. (This works with just one kind of mushroom, too, but I think it's more interesting if there's a variety.)

Melt half a stick of butter over medium heat. Saute garlic and onion until soft. Add fresh mushrooms and cover until they release their liquid. Uncover and cook until most of the liquid is gone. Pour liquid from porcinis into pan and add another half stick of butter. Chop porcinis and add them to the mixture. Stir in 1-3 tablespoons of Better Than Boullion (vegetable or beef stock) to taste. Reduce until there's approximately as much liquid as you want (more liquid if serving with bread for dipping or over pasta, less if you're just eating it alone), add a bit of cream to finish.

Muck around with this "recipe". It's hard to go wrong.

Comments

[szasz.livejournal.com]

Do you think it'd work with olive oil instead of butter?

[keyne.livejournal.com]

Since that's how we make our as-good-as-orgasms mushrooms, I imagine so :-)

[szasz.livejournal.com]

Oh good. I figured it would probably work, but I've run into recipes that really need the butter.

[aroraborealis.livejournal.com]

Yes, definitely!

[inahandbasket]

My variant on it is to use all fresh mushrooms, saute for awhile in butter until everything's all good and done, then deglaze the pan with a very dark beer and reduce as required.
mmmm mmmm good, but way too rich to eat straight. Goes on things like meat or fish.

[dancingwolfgrrl.livejournal.com]

Yeah, I do that with riesling and Trader Joe's soy-ginger broth and eat it on egg noodles. Also, because I'm lazy, I usually use the pre-sliced baby bella mushrooms.

[dilletante.livejournal.com]

and it is utterly awesome.

[snowy-owlet.livejournal.com]

I would toss a bit of strong-flavored cheese into this version and eat it on toast.

[inahandbasket]

Funny you'd mention that, my favorite way is to grill cheddar on good bread, then top it with the mushrooms after it's all melty and toasty.
mmm.
I know what i want for dinner now!

[laurenhat.livejournal.com]

Dammit, I'm really hungry now. For various yummy foods that I am definitely not up for making myself. :P

[jordanwillow.livejournal.com]

good grief. that sounds awesome.

[sunspiral.livejournal.com]

That sounds really good!

[lightcastle.livejournal.com]

Yum.
I have a recipe similar to this. I shall have to try your version when I can afford to buy mushrooms again.

[tcb.livejournal.com]

So I just gave this a shot..

I think I should have a) cooked the mushrooms a little longer in the beginning, b) cooked them a little longer towards the end to reduce the sauce more, and c) used actual cream rather than the milk that I had on hand..

That said, heavy petting in a pan was still pretty damned good ;)

[aroraborealis.livejournal.com]

Heavy petting in a pan! Yay!

[catness.livejournal.com]

Oh, your cupcakes reminded me that I wanted to try this thing, and printing from LJ directly via a browser sucks. This comment is just to get your recipe emailed to me. :)