When you crave a traditional tangy and delicate sauce full of forest mushrooms, forget about lengthy and complicated recipes right away. Say goodbye to boring lunches – these mushrooms in sour cream sauce, prepared with clarified butter, onions, wild spices, thickened with sour cream, milk, and flour, enriched with egg yolk and flavored with lemon juice and sugar are absolutely top-notch and will disappear from the table in no time. The secret of success lies in the perfect balance of sour and slightly sweet flavors, highlighted by fresh parsley.
What you’ll need for preparation:
For the mushroom base and stewing:
- Mushrooms: fresh wild mushrooms, cut into pieces
- Clarified butter: for sautéing the onion base
- Onion: finely chopped
- Wild spices: bay leaf, allspice berries, whole peppercorns
- Salt: to taste
- Broth: a little broth for stewing
For the cream sauce and finishing:
- Sour cream: mixed with a bit of milk and 1 tablespoon of plain flour
- Milk: for mixing the cream, flour, and the final egg yolk
- Egg yolk: 1 piece, mixed with a little milk
- Fresh parsley: finely chopped, added after removing from heat
- For seasoning: lemon juice and sugar
Step-by-step preparation:
1. Sautéing the onion and stewing the mushrooms: Sauté the finely chopped onion in clarified butter. Add the chopped mushrooms, bay leaf, allspice, whole peppercorns, salt, and a little broth. Let everything stew for about 15 minutes.
2. Adding sour cream: Add the sour cream, which you have previously mixed with a bit of milk and a tablespoon of plain flour, to the stewed mushrooms. Let it simmer together for at least 10 minutes.
3. Stirring in the egg yolk and simmering: Pour in one egg yolk mixed with a little milk and briefly simmer.
4. Final seasoning and serving: Remove the pot from the heat. Finally, stir in the chopped fresh parsley and season the sauce with lemon juice and sugar. Serve with potato dumplings, boiled potatoes, wide noodles, or fresh white bread.
Proven tips for the best result:
- Harmonious sourness: The combination of sour cream, lemon juice, and a pinch of sugar gives the sauce its typical and unmistakable flavor.
- Smoothing with egg yolk: Adding the egg yolk at the very end ensures a beautiful color and delicate texture of the whole dish.
- Fresh parsley: Adding herbs only after removing from heat preserves their fresh color and aroma.
