Mushroom Duxelle recipe makes a lovely sauce, dipping, filling and garnish! Now what’s a mushroom duxelle? It’s a mix of minced mushrooms, shallots, herbs and butter which is reduced to thick sauce. Duxelles were widely used anciently as spread on bread, pizza, pie and pastry filling. It can be used a side vegetarian dish Or can be clubbed with chicken Or meat.
I used my mushroom duxelle as spread on burger with mayo, cheese, lettuce and potato patty. If using duxelles as filling for pastry, puffs Or pies then it has to be thick and dried. Else the mushrooms would come out of the filling and create a disaster. So bear this in mind.
Duxelles are generally made with fresh mushrooms. Some also make from dried mushrooms. I have used fresh button mushrooms. Mostly herbs like parsley is added however I have added basil leaves. Also garlic, wine / vinegar, pepper are used.
I had made this as my hubbys isn’t fond of mushrooms so this sauce works perfectly fine. As nobody knows how the sauce is made and which ingredients’s are added 😉
Mushroom Duxelle step by step recipe details below:
1. Wash the mushrooms and wipe them with a clean napkin.
2. Chop them finely Or alternatively you could grind them into a coarse paste. Add red chili powder Or flakes while grinding mushrooms.
3. Take a wide bottomed pan add butter with little oil else butter would burn.
4. Saute garlic until light brown in color don’t burn it.
5. Add shallots and saute until changes color. Now add sugar.
6. Time to add the grounded mushroom paste Or mince.
7. Put wine, soy sauce if using, salt, parsley Or basil leaves and pepper powder. Simmer until the sauce is reduced and thick in consistency. Use them as side dish, sauce, dipping etc.
Mushroom Duxelle recipe and printable version below:
- 1 packet of fresh mushroom finely chopped Or minced(I used button mushroom)
- 1.5 tbsp butter / olive oil
- 10-12 garlic finely chopped
- 3 -4 shallots chopped
- 1 tbsp white wine Or vinegar (I used white wine)
- 1 t/s dark soy sauce (optional)
- 1 t/s red chili flakes Or powder (optional)
- 1 tbsp black pepper powder
- 1 tbsp sugar
- few parsley twigs Or basil leaves (I used basil leaves)
- sea salt as per taste
- Wash the mushrooms and wipe them with a clean napkin.
- Chop them finely Or alternatively you could grind them into a coarse paste. Add red chili powder Or flakes while grinding mushrooms.
- Take a wide bottomed pan add butter with little oil else butter would burn.
- Saute garlic until light brown in color don’t burn it.
- Add shallots and saute until changes color. Now add sugar.
- Time to add the grounded mushroom paste Or mince.
- Put wine, soy sauce if using, salt, parsley Or basil leaves and pepper powder. Simmer until the sauce is reduced and thick in consistency.
- Use them as side dish, sauce, dipping etc.
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