Creamy Mushroom Sauce

Every cook needs a good easy creamy mushroom sauce recipe. It's perfect stirred through pasta and fantastic on grilled steak.

📝 Ingredients

• 1 tablespoon butter
• 2 tablespoons oil
• 5 cups portabellini/chestnut mushrooms, halved/sliced (approximately 500g/ 1 pound)
• 2 sprigs fresh thyme
• 2 garlic cloves (crushed)
• 1 cup cream
• 1 cup milk
• 3 tsp cornstarch
• 1-2 tablespoon lemon juice (to taste)
• salt & pepper to taste
• 2 tablespoons chopped parsley

👨‍🍳 Instructions

1. 1Heat the butter and olive oil together.
2. 2Add the mushrooms to the pan with the thyme and season with salt and pepper.
3. 3Allow the mushrooms to fry until golden brown then add the garlic and fry until fragrant.
4. 4Whisk the cornstarch into the milk.
5. 5Pour in the cream and milk and allow to simmer gently for 5-10 minutes until the sauce has thickened and cooked through.
6. 6Season with lemon, salt and pepper and add the parsley.
7. 7Serve.