Mushroom Spinach Broth/Sauce for Pasta (or your Favorite Grilled Dish)
Recipe: #9874
June 18, 2013
Categories: Sauce, Mushrooms, 5-Minute Prep, Sunday Dinner, Low Carbohydrate, Low Cholesterol, No Eggs, Wine, more
"This is such a great recipe, and so versatile. My favorite, is to serve this with my homemade ravioli or tortellini; but, it is also delicious over grilled steak and pork with mashed potatoes, pasta and grilled chicken; or lamb and couscous. It takes literally 10 minutes to make, pretty healthy; and, very simple."
Original is 3 servings
Ingredients
Nutritional
- Serving Size: 1 (329.4 g)
- Calories 215.9
- Total Fat - 16.7 g
- Saturated Fat - 4.6 g
- Cholesterol - 33.1 mg
- Sodium - 652 mg
- Total Carbohydrate - 4 g
- Dietary Fiber - 1.3 g
- Sugars - 1.7 g
- Protein - 12.4 g
- Calcium - 44.2 mg
- Iron - 1.9 mg
- Vitamin C - 9.4 mg
- Thiamin - 0.5 mg
Step by Step Method
Step 1
Base ... In a large saute pan, add the olive oil and butter and bring to medium heat. Add the shallot and garlic, and saute just a couple of minutes stirring often, so the garlic doesn't burn. Reduce the heat to medium low, add the mushrooms, the thyme sprig, a pinch of salt, and pepper, and cook 4-5 minutes until the mushrooms are slightly tender.
Step 2
Sauce ... Deglaze with the wine, scraping up any bits off the bottom; then, add the broth, cover and simmer, another 5 minutes. Note: you can use any broth you want. For ravioli, I usually use a chicken broth; but, I if I am serving this with steak ... beef broth. So, use what you have, and don't worry; any one of the three will work just fine.
Step 3
Finish ... Uncover, then season again with salt and pepper, and add the spinach. Cook just a minute until the spinach is wilted. Finish with the fresh thyme.
Step 4
Serve and ENJOY! ... My favorite way is to serve this over fresh ravioli or tortellini; however, this is a fantastic sauce over grilled meat too. It is a very light sauce/broth which is really a nice change from the heavy cream sauces or gravies. As mentioned - pork chops and couscous, steak or pork with mashed potatoes, or chicken with pasta. And my favorite ravioli or tortellini.
Tips
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