MUSHROOM Sauce

By tuqui13

Ingredients

• 8 onz. fresh mushrooms, cleaned and sliced lengthwise
• 2 tablespoons butter or margarine
• 1/4 cup all-purpose flour
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• 1 cup chicken or beef broth (homemade, canned or from bouillon cube)
• 1 cup half-and-half
• 1 tablespoon snipped parsley

Details

Servings 3

Preparation

Step 1

Put mushrooms and butter into a 2-quart glass measuring pitcher. Cover with plastic wrap. Cook in microwave oven 2 to 3 minutes at High, or until mushrooms are tender; stir once.

Remove from oven. Blend flour and salt into butter and cooked mushrooms. Add broth gradually, stirring constantly. Cook uncovered in microwave oven 6 minutes at High; stir every minute.

Add half-and-half gradually to mushroom mixture, stirring constantly. Heat uncovered in microwave oven to serving temperature (about 2 minutes at High); stir once.

Remove from oven; stir in parsley.