Jäger Sauce (Mushroom Hunter Sauce)
November 19th, 2016 in Sauces & Dips & Spreads by Julia Volhina
Total cooking time: 1h 30min
![Jäger Sauce (Mushroom Hunter Sauce)](https://www.enjoyyourcooking.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/jager-hunter-sauce-200x150.jpg)
It took me couple of tries to get close enough in recreating a recipe for Jager Sauce which I tried in local German restaurant.
I must say I love how it turned out: creamy, mushroomy with a hint of wine and a little more than a hint of smoked bacon.
Traditionally, Jager Sauce is being served with schnitzels.
And I found it works great with meat roasts and fried meat, as well as with any kind of potato sides.
Ingredients:
- 2 thick sliced double smoked bacons (about 4oz)
- 12 oz of portobello baby mushrooms
- 2 onions
- 2 garlic cloves
- 0.5 cups of white chardonnay wine
- 2 cups heavy cream
- 1 cup chicken broth
- 2 tablespoons of flour
- 1.5 tablespoons of butter
- Ground black pepper
- Thyme
- Marjoram
- Salt
How to prepare, step-by-step:
-
Prepare ingredients:
Jäger Sauce (Mushroom Hunter Sauce): Step 1 -
Warm up deep sauce pan over moderate heat. Dice bacon and add it to the pan:
Jäger Sauce (Mushroom Hunter Sauce): Step 2 -
Fry bacon until colored, stir from time to time (keep produced juices):
Jäger Sauce (Mushroom Hunter Sauce): Step 3 -
Add diced onions:
Jäger Sauce (Mushroom Hunter Sauce): Step 4 -
And fry them until soft and colored (continue stirring):
Jäger Sauce (Mushroom Hunter Sauce): Step 5 -
Add chopped garlic, stir couple of times until it becomes fragrant:
Jäger Sauce (Mushroom Hunter Sauce): Step 6 -
Then add sliced mushrooms:
Jäger Sauce (Mushroom Hunter Sauce): Step 7 -
Continue stirring and cooking everything together until liquid produced by mushrooms is evaporated:
Jäger Sauce (Mushroom Hunter Sauce): Step 8 -
Add wine, cook until reduced in half:
Jäger Sauce (Mushroom Hunter Sauce): Step 9 -
Then pour broth in:
Jäger Sauce (Mushroom Hunter Sauce): Step 10 -
Followed by heavy cream:
Jäger Sauce (Mushroom Hunter Sauce): Step 11 -
Season with salt to taste:
Jäger Sauce (Mushroom Hunter Sauce): Step 12 -
And thyme, marjoram and ground black pepper, and let sauce cook over slow simmer while you prepare thickening part of it:
Jäger Sauce (Mushroom Hunter Sauce): Step 13 -
Fry flour in melted butter on a skillet and gradually dilute it with about ladle of liquid part of the sauce, for that:
Melt butter in a skillet Pour flour in Mix with spatula
Until flour absorbs all butter Gradually start mixing sauce spoon by spoon Cook until homogeneous, stir constantly
-
Pour prepared substance into sauce:
Jäger Sauce (Mushroom Hunter Sauce): Step 15 -
Bring sauce to slow simmer and cook until desired thickness and tenderness of mushrooms:
Jäger Sauce (Mushroom Hunter Sauce): Step 16 -
Serve sauce warm with a schnitzel or another food of your choice:
Jäger Sauce (Mushroom Hunter Sauce): Step 17