sauce essentials: sausage, mushroom awesome sauce

How To Make sauce essentials: sausage, mushroom awesome sauce

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  PREP/PREPARE
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  Gather your Ingredients (mise en place).
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  Add the ground sausage to a skillet over medium heat.
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  Cook until all the pink is removed, about 5 – 7 minutes. Drain on paper towels, and reserve.
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  Clean, stem, and slice the mushrooms.
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  Wipe out the skillet with a paper towel, then add the butter, and oil to a pan over medium heat.
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  Add the mushrooms, a pinch of salt, and the flour. Cook the mushrooms until they begin to brown, about 5 – 7 minutes, and reserve.
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  Add the cream, buttermilk, both cheeses, salt, pepper paprika, and cayenne to a sauce pan over medium-low heat.
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  Slowly bring the pan up to heat, and stir until the cheeses melt into the cream and buttermilk, about 12 – 15 minutes.
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  Chef’s Note: Keep the heat low, and never let the sauce come to a boil.
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  Add the mushrooms, and incorporate it into the sauce.
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  Add the sausage.
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  Stir to combine all the ingredients, and allow the sauce to come back to heat, about 2 - 3 minutes.
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  PLATE/PRESENT
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  Serve over your favorite pasta, and do not forget some fresh crusty bread. Enjoy.
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  Keep the faith, and keep cooking.
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