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Mushroom sauce ?
Andy Birkenhead
26-04-2014
Having seen John Torode make Mushroom Sauce on Masterchef, I decided to have a go, but it's more like mushroom SOUP
I fried the mushrooms, added chicken stock and then creme fraiche, and blended until smooth.
I did it from memory.
It didn't look like Johns !
epicurian
26-04-2014
Too much liquid. The recipe on the BBC food site doesn't call for stock, it says in the instructions to add some of the reserved chicken poaching liquid, but doesn't say how much.

You could try thickening it with a beurre manié.
shmisk
26-04-2014
have you any cornflour?
Teddybleads
26-04-2014
Reduce it over a very low heat?

Hopefully the cream won't split.
Andy Birkenhead
26-04-2014
Well, I ate it and it tasted okay. It was a light beige colour, which I'm sure isn't right !
I also did home made gnocchi and the chicken.
If I do it again I will bear in mind what you guys have said
Toby LaRhone
26-04-2014
Originally Posted by Andy Birkenhead:
“Having seen John Torode make Mushroom Sauce on Masterchef, I decided to have a go, but it's more like mushroom SOUP
I fried the mushrooms, added chicken stock and then creme fraiche, and blended until smooth.
I did it from memory.
It didn't look like Johns !”

Memory can play tricks:

20g/½oz unsalted butter
1 tbsp olive oil
1 shallot, chopped
2 garlic cloves, chopped
200g/7oz chestnut mushrooms, sliced
15g/½oz dried morels, soaked and drained
28g/1oz dried ceps, soaked and drained
150g/5½oz crème fraîche
salt and pepper
For the mushroom sauce, heat the butter and olive together in a frying pan until melted. Quickly cook the shallot and garlic until just softened. Add all the mushrooms to the pan along with some of the reserved poaching liquid. Cook for five minutes, then remove from the heat and stir in the crème fraiche. Transfer to a food processor and blend until smooth. Check the seasoning and add salt and pepper as required. Set aside until ready to serve.
Andy Birkenhead
26-04-2014
Is that really the recipe John did ? I haven''t looked it up or anything !
It seems I did the short version !
Toby LaRhone
26-04-2014
Originally Posted by Andy Birkenhead:
“Is that really the recipe John did ? I haven''t looked it up or anything !
It seems I did the short version ! ”

And did you do the chicken just like John did?
http://www.bbc.co.uk/food/recipes/cr..._chicken_21035
Andy Birkenhead
26-04-2014
Originally Posted by Toby LaRhone:
“And did you do the chicken just like John did?
http://www.bbc.co.uk/food/recipes/cr..._chicken_21035”

No. I did my own version !
Toby LaRhone
27-04-2014
Originally Posted by Andy Birkenhead:
“No. I did my own version !”

I knew that really
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