Mushroom Sauce

Ingredients

• one ounce of dried mushrooms
• a cupful of boiling water
• two ounces of onion
• a little parsley
• four tablespoonfuls of olive oil
• salt
• pepper
• spices

Method

1. 1

   Soak mushrooms in boiling water for an hour.

2. 2

   In a frying pan, sauté chopped onion and parsley in olive oil for two minutes.

3. 3

   Press water out of mushrooms, chop, and add to onion.

4. 4

   Fry for another minute, then add soaking water, tomato sauce, salt, pepper, and spices.

5. 5

   Boil slowly for half an hour.

Nutrition per serving

As published

This recipe was extracted from High living (1904) by Linie Loyall McLaren,, page 21. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

MUSHROOM SAUCE — Put one ounce of dried mushrooms to soak in a cupful of boiling water and let stand for an hour ; then take a frying-pan and place in it about two ounces of onion chopped up with a little parsley and hry in four tablespoon- fuls of olive oil for about two minutes. Having done this take the mushrooms and press the water out of them, chop them with a knife, add them to the onion and fry for another minute ; then add water in which the mushrooms were soaked, a little tomato sauce, salt, pepper and spices

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