Baby Portobella Alfredo Sauce

• 10 cremini mushrooms, trimmed
• 1/2 onion, cut into chunks
• 4 cloves garlic
• 4 tablespoons butter, divided
• 2 tablespoons flour
• 1 cup half-and-half
• 3/4 cup shredded Italian cheese blend
• salt and pepper to taste

1. Process mushrooms, onion, and garlic in a blender until mixture is pureed.
2. Melt 2 tablespoons butter in a saucepan over medium heat.
3. Cook and stir the mushroom paste in the melted butter until smooth.
4. Melt 2 more tablespoons butter in a separate saucepan over medium heat; gradually sprinkle flour into the melted butter, stirring continually.
5. Whisk half-and-half into the flour paste; cook and stir until the sauce is thick and smooth, 4 to 5 minutes.
6. Whisk mushroom mixture into sauce and cook until sauce has thickened a bit more, about 10 minutes.
7. Stir cheese into the sauce; cook until the cheese melts, 2 to 3 minutes.
8. Season with salt and black pepper.

mushrooms, onion, garlic, butter, flour, italian cheese, salt

Taken from allrecipes.com/recipe/baby-portobella-alfredo-sauce/ (may not work)