lactose-free homemade condensed cream sauce

Name: Lactose-free Homemade Condensed Cream Sauce
Prep time: 20 min
Cook time: 15 min
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: 1 teaspoon(s) olive oil; 2 tablespoon(s) onions, minced; 2 clove(s) garlic, minced or grated; 8 ounce(s) white button mushrooms, sliced; 1 teaspoon(s) dried parsley; 1/4 cup(s) white wine; 2 tablespoon(s) butter; 2 tablespoon(s) all-purpose flour; 2 cup(s) chicken stock, canned or homemade, divided; 1 teaspoon(s) better than bouillon, chicken flavor; 1 cup(s) lactaid whole milk; 1-2 teaspoon(s) cornstarch; 1/2 teaspoon(s) salt; 1/4 teaspoon(s) pepper; dash - nutmeg

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Ruth Ann Vokac

Bloomington, IL

Updated on Jan 1, 2016

I sometimes cook for a lactose intolerant relative—that means no condensed soups! So I have designed this lactose-free sauce that can be substituted anytime you might normally use a cream soup. I am sure this recipe is a combination of several other recipes, but this is the formula that we have adopted. I use it to replace cream of mushroom soup and cream of chicken soup. It could be easily adapted for cream of celery, broccoli, etc.

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prep time 20 Min

cook time 15 Min

method Stove Top

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Ingredients

1 teaspoon olive oil
2 tablespoons onions, minced
2 cloves garlic, minced or grated
8 ounces white button mushrooms, sliced
1 teaspoon dried parsley
1/4 cup white wine
2 tablespoons butter
2 tablespoons all-purpose flour
2 cups chicken stock, canned or homemade, divided
1 teaspoon better than bouillon, chicken flavor
1 cup lactaid whole milk
1-2 teaspoon cornstarch
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/4 teaspoon pepper
dash - nutmeg

How To Make lactose-free homemade condensed cream sauce

Step 1

Add oil to a large skillet and heat. On low heat, sauté onions for a few minutes and then add white mushrooms and garlic and dried parsley. Continue sautéing until vegetables are soft. (I used shitaki mushrooms at first, but we prefer the milder taste of white mushrooms.)

Step 2

Add wine (or a splash of chicken broth). Scrape up any bits on the bottom and cook a couple of minutes until liquid evaporates.
Step 3

Add 1 cup chicken stock, Better than Bouillon Chicken Flavor, and cooked vegetables to a blender and blend until vegetable are in tiny pieces.
Step 4

To the skillet, add the butter and let it melt. Add flour and stir for a couple of minutes until bubbly. In ½ cup portions, add remainder of stock and continue to stir for a minute or so after each addition. Add blended vegetable mixture. Continue cooking on low.
Step 5

In a jar with a tight fitting lid, add lactose-free whole milk and cornstarch. Put on lid and shake vigorously. Add mixture to skillet. Turn heat to medium and continue stirring as mixture thickens.
Step 6

Add salt, pepper, and nutmeg. Continue cooking on low for a couple of minutes.
Step 7

Cool and refrigerate. Use as you would creamed, condensed soups.
Step 8

Note: Some suggestions for different flavors: 1. Substitute asparagus or broccoli for mushrooms. 2. Omit mushrooms. Add some sage or poultry seasoning, making a cream of chicken soup. 3. Substitute minced, cooked celery for mushrooms. Don't blend the celery. 4. Substitute beef stock for chicken stock, and change flavor of Better than Bouillon to beef.
Step 9

Note: I have used this mixture . . . to add to cooked noodles to add to stuffing before baking for making scalloped potatoes for making potpie as a base for cream soups.
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