Mushrooms In Chive Cream

Total Time: 20 mins Preparation Time: 5 mins Cook Time: 15 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 8
• 24 fresh mushrooms, 2 to 2 1/2 inch diameter,cleaned and stems trimmed (about 2 lbs)
• 3 tablespoons butter
• 1 cup whipping cream
• 2 tablespoons snipped fresh chives
• 1 tablespoon finely shredded lemon, rind of
• salt & freshly ground black pepper
• 1/3 cup crushed crouton

Recipe

• 1 in 12" nonstick skillet cook mushrooms, covered, in hot butter 5- 7 minutes, stirring twice.
• 2 remove mushrooms with slotted spoon; set aside and keep warm.
• 3 stir the cream, chives, and lemon peel into the skillet.
• 4 bring mixture to boiling; reduce heat.
• 5 simmer, uncovered, 5 minutes or until mixture is slightly thickened and bubbly.
• 6 stir in reserved mushrooms; heat through (do not cook longer or mushrooms will thin sauce).
• 7 season with salt and pepper.
• 8 to serve: for each appetizer serving, sprinkle about 2 tsp of crushed croutons on each plate.
• 9 top with 3 mushrooms and about 1 tbsp of the cream sauce.