Sherry and mushroom sauce

Ingredients

300ml dark dry sherry (such as palo cortado, amontillado or oloroso)
500ml good quality fresh beef stock
2 large knobs of butter
2 shallots, very finely chopped
2 garlic cloves, crushed
200g chestnut mushrooms, sliced
75ml double cream
1 tbsp olive oil
100g exotic/speciality mushrooms

Ingredients

300ml dark dry sherry (such as palo cortado, amontillado or oloroso)
500ml good quality fresh beef stock
2 large knobs of butter
2 shallots, very finely chopped
2 garlic cloves, crushed
200g chestnut mushrooms, sliced
75ml double cream
1 tbsp olive oil
100g exotic/speciality mushrooms

Method

Pour the sherry and stock into a saucepan, bring to a simmer, then reduce over a high heat to about 300ml liquid.
Meanwhile, melt 1 knob of butter in a pan and gently fry the shallots and garlic for 5 minutes or until soft. Add the chestnut mushrooms and cook for 5 minutes or until golden. Stir in the cream and the reduced sherry/stock, then bubble over a medium heat for a few minutes.
Heat the oil and remaining butter in a pan over a high heat and, when foaming, add the exotic mushrooms. Taste, season, then fry, stirring frequently, for 3-4 minutes.
Stir the exotics into the sauce, bubble for 2 minutes and season to taste. Serve hot.

Serve over our pink peppercorn-rubbed rump cap of beef.

Method

Pour the sherry and stock into a saucepan, bring to a simmer, then reduce over a high heat to about 300ml liquid.
Meanwhile, melt 1 knob of butter in a pan and gently fry the shallots and garlic for 5 minutes or until soft. Add the chestnut mushrooms and cook for 5 minutes or until golden. Stir in the cream and the reduced sherry/stock, then bubble over a medium heat for a few minutes.
Heat the oil and remaining butter in a pan over a high heat and, when foaming, add the exotic mushrooms. Taste, season, then fry, stirring frequently, for 3-4 minutes.
Stir the exotics into the sauce, bubble for 2 minutes and season to taste. Serve hot.

Serve over our pink peppercorn-rubbed rump cap of beef.

delicious. tips

Make the sauce up to the end of step 3 a day ahead and keep covered in the fridge. When ready to serve, warm the sauce, then fry the exotic mushrooms and finish off the recipe.

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