Mushroom sauce

Often cream-based,[1] it can be served with veal, chicken and poultry, pasta, and other foods such as vegetables.

[6] It is made with mushrooms, butter, cream[7] or olive oil, white wine (some variations may use a mellow red wine) and pepper with a wide variety of variations possible with additional ingredients such as shallot, garlic, lemon juice, flour (to thicken the sauce), chicken stock, saffron, basil, parsley, or other herbs.

[12] For vegan dishes, cream can be replaced with ground almonds, mixed with water and evaporated until needed consistency.

[citation needed] Mushroom sauces have been cooked for hundreds of years.

[13] United States President Dwight D. Eisenhower, a well-known steak lover, was reportedly quite fond of mushroom sauce.