Duxelles (Minced Mushrooms with Herbs) Recipe
France
Duxelles is a French mushroom dish.
Ingredients
- ½ pound fresh mushrooms or mushroom stems, minced
- 1 small onion or 1–2 shallots, minced
- 1–2 tablespoons butter
- Salt
- Ground black pepper
- Chopped parsley to taste
- 1 pinch tarragon or thyme (optional)
Procedure
- In a frying pan, sauté the onion in butter until soft but not brown (about 3–5 minutes).
- Stir in minced mushrooms, salt, pepper, chopped parsley, and tarragon.
- Cook the mixture over medium high heat until the mushrooms give off a lot of liquid; that liquid will evaporate completely (about 5–10 minutes). The duxelles should look like a coarse mash.
- Cool the mixture slightly, and taste for seasoning.