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Essence of Mushrooms

This recipe does not contain preservatives and should be used quickly.

From an old cookbook · modernised transcription
From a historical cookbook (Internet Archive) · 2 ingredients
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Essence of Mushrooms

Ingredients

Directions

  1. Sprinkle salt over the mushrooms and let them sit for three hours.

  2. Mash the mushrooms.

  3. The next day, strain off the liquid and pour it into a saucepan.

  4. Reduce the liquid to half its volume.

  5. Store in small bottles and cork tightly.

Recipe from a historical cookbook (Internet Archive).

Transcribed from a scanned cookbook and modernised for today's kitchens. Where the book gave no heat or time, or said "a moderate oven", the temperatures and times here may be modern equivalents rather than the book's own figures.

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