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Mushrooms as a Vegetable Dish

4 servings

Ingredients

• Mushrooms (as needed)
• Meat broth (a little)
• Butter (a little)
• Nutmeg (a little)
• 1 teaspoon Potato flour
• Lemon juice (a little)
• Salt (a little)
• Egg yolks (a little)

Instructions

1. Peel the mushrooms, cut off the gills under the cap, and rinse the mushrooms.
2. Place them in an earthenware pot with a little meat broth, butter, and nutmeg, and cook slowly, tightly covered, for ½ hour.
3. Finally, add 1 teaspoon of potato flour stirred clear with a little water, or a little crushed rusk, season with a little lemon juice and salt, and cook until the broth thickens; it can also be mixed with a few egg yolks.

Modernized from a treasured 19th-century German cookbook.