Something eaten by many Poles on a regular basis is wild mushroom sauce. Here is one of two recipes we use to make our sauce. A link to the other recipe can be found at the bottom of the page. Both go extremely well with many Polish dishes.

Polish Mushroom Sauce

Ingredients needed:

• 25g unsalted butter
• 1 clove garlic, chopped
• 1 small onion, finely chopped (optional)
• 100g Podgrzybek or Borowik mushrooms
• 50ml double cream

Instructions:

• Melt the butter in a pan and add the garlic and onion (if you are including it). Fry gently until soft.
• Add the wild mushrooms and double cream and gently simmer for around five minutes.
• Serve warm over any meat or vegetables.

We generally use dried mushrooms for the recipe but during the autumn mushroom picking season fresh Podgrzybek or Borowik mushrooms are used.

Related content on Polish Poland:
Dried wild mushrooms.
Another fine recipe for a traditional sauce using wild forest mushrooms.