Link to article
beer butter mushrooms

Course: Side Dish | Beer Style: Brown Ale

Beer Butter Mushrooms

Make these beer butter mushrooms by Dana at Killing Thyme with your favorite brown ale. An easy side dish to bring a yummy vegetable to the dinner table.

Share Post

Prep Time: 30 minutes | Yield: 4

Ingredients

  • 4 cups of button mushrooms, washed
  • 3 tablespoons of butter
  • 1 cup of beer
  • 1 tablespoon of fresh parsley, chopped
  • 1 tablespoon of fresh thyme, chopped
  • sea salt and ground black pepper to taste

Directions

  1. Melt the the butter in a skillet.
  2. Add the washed mushrooms to the skillet and toss them around to coat.
  3. Pour in the brown ale, and bring to a simmer on medium-low heat.
  4. Add the fresh herbs, and sea salt and ground black pepper.
  5. Poach the mushrooms for approx. 30 minutes, stirring occasionally.

Meghan Storey has been lucky enough to work in the world of craft beer since graduating from the University of Mississippi. Now living in Nashville, TN, with her big yellow dog Wally, she loves introducing friends to new craft beer and food pairings. Since beginning work on CraftBeer.com she can be found adding beer to just about everything she cooks.


Suggested Recipes

Link to article
flatbread pizza

Entree

Brewer’s Flatbread Pizza with Bacon & Sour Cream Topping

Depending on which toppings you use, pairing this pizza with different beers will make all the flavors shine. The sweetness of the honey and tomatoes would work nicely with everything from a crisp pilsner all the way to a hoppy IPA. If you go with the bacon topping, you could pair a hoppy red or go with an IPA to cut through the fattiness of the bacon and sour cream.

Read More
Link to article
Braised Pork Shoulder
The Beer Pantry

Entree

Braised Pork Shoulder in Adobo with Pickled Vegetables

After growing up in the Midwest, where thick and sticky barbecue sauce coats all braised and pulled pork, it was refreshing to learn this less cloying, more umami-driven recipe from chef Carlo Lamagna at Clyde Common in Portland, Oregon. Tangy adobo is a big flavor, and the pickled vegetables that accompany this dish are used to bring out the vinegar and add some texture to each bite. This dish, inspired by Carlo’s Filipino heritage, is best served family style right out of the Dutch oven with plenty of jasmine rice to go with it. When you pair this dish with an IPA, you help your palate learn how hops and bitterness pair well with a little bit of spice as well as the acidity of a pickling process.

Read More