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Creamy Mushroom Gravy Recipe

This easy and flavorful mushroom gravy recipe has sautéed cremini mushrooms, Marsala wine, beef broth, and heavy cream.

By chow · From Open Recipes · 9 ingredients
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Creamy Mushroom Gravy Recipe

Why it works: Mushroom and shallot are a kitchen classic. They rank in the top 4% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 1,982 recipes. Both carry 2,4-decadienal, which smells seaweed. The science ↓

Creamy Mushroom Gravy Recipe

About 2 1/2 cups
Cook25 min

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

911Calories
42 gProtein
33 gFat
102 gCarbs
What these numbers assume: 9 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Flour1 cup (125g) all-purpose455
Beef100g cooked250
Butter1 tbsp (14g)102
Cream1 tbsp (15ml) heavy51
Wine2 tbsp cooking wine (30ml)25
Mushroom1/2 cup sliced (35g)15
Shallot1 tbsp minced (10g)7
Black Pepper1 tsp ground (2.3g)6
Salt1 tsp (6g)0

One typical portion per ingredient; the recipe's quantities are not counted. A rough guide only, not for medical or dietary planning.

By chow. Recipe from Open Recipes.

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The flavor team

The pairs that carry this dish. Each one is judged two ways: how much their aromas overlap, and how often cooks already put them together.

  1. Mushroom + shallottop 4% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together1,982 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2,4-decadienal (seaweed).

  2. Mushroom + beeftop 4% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together3,232 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2,4-nonadienal (fatty, green).

  3. Shallot + flourtop 6% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together2,081 recipes

    Shared aroma: isobutyraldehyde (malty, green).

  4. Butter + mushroomtop 7% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together12,525 recipes

    Shared aroma: trans-2-decenal (waxy, orange).

  5. Mushroom + winetop 8% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together2,632 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-methoxy-4-propylphenol (allspice, anise).

Ranks compare each pair with 20,000 random ingredient pairs on CompKitchen. How we score pairs

Swap the shallot

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (butter, mushroom, pepper, flour, wine, beef, cream):

  1. Shallotthe original
  2. Potatofits about as well
  3. Spinachfits about as well
  4. Chivefits about as well

Fit is the average pairing score against butter, mushroom, pepper, flour, wine, beef, cream. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.