Thanksgiving Recipe #1 - Mushroom Gravy

Posted by Slake! | Filed under Food Glorious Food

In Preparation for Thanksgiving, we will be providing some interesting recipes you can try out this year.  These recipes will be generally interesting takes on standard items.  Here is the first one…..

For gravy

> 5 cups (about) canned low-salt chicken broth
> 3/4 ounce dried porcini mushrooms
> 4 tablespoons (1/2 stick) butter
> 2 tablespoons all purpose flour
> 1 1/2 cups dry white wine
> 1 tablespoon chopped garlic
> 1 tablespoon chopped fresh parsley
> 2 teaspoons chopped fresh thyme
> 2 teaspoons chopped fresh rosemary

Preparation

Bring 5 cups chicken broth and porcini mushrooms to boil in medium saucepan. Remove from heat; let steep 15 minutes. Transfer mushrooms to work surface; reserve mushroom broth. Chop mushrooms coarsely. Mix 2 tablespoons butter and flour in small bowl to smooth paste. If you are making a turkey also, strain turkey juices from roasting pan into large measuring cup; spoon off fat. Add enough reserved mushroom broth to pan juices to measure 6 cups. Add wine to roasting pan and bring to simmer, scraping up browned bits; add to broth.

Melt remaining 2 tablespoons butter in large saucepan over medium-high heat. Add garlic and sauté 1 minute. Add parsley, thyme, rosemary and mushrooms. Sauté until mushrooms are tender, about 4 minutes. Stir in broth mixture and simmer until slightly reduced, about 30 minutes. Gradually whisk in butter-flour paste. Boil until reduced to 4 cups, stirring occasionally, about 12 minutes. Season with salt and pepper.

Pour on your head, get a spoon and dig in y’all.

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