Creamy Mediterranean Sauce For Lamb, Chicken, Or Lamb

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

Ingredients

• 1 (15 ounce) can diced tomatoes, not drained
• 1 (4 1/2 ounce) can sliced mushrooms
• 1 (4 1/2 ounce) can artichoke hearts, diced
• 1 (4 1/2 ounce) can black olives, cut in half
• 1 tablespoon capers (more or less to taste)
• 1 medium onion, cut in half and thin sliced
• 1/3 cup wine
• 1/2 cup heavy cream
• salt (go light because the olives and capers are salty)
• pepper
• olive oil, to saute

Recipe

• 1 base -- add 2 teaspoons olive oil to your saute pan; if using non stick 1 teaspoon is fine. heat to medium / medium high heat. add in the onions and cook 2 minutes; then add in the capers, olives and mushrooms and cook another minute or two to combine all the flavors.
• 2 sauce -- add the wine to deglaze the pan and scrape up any bits. cook another minute to reduce the wine. reduce the heat to medium and add in the tomatoes, artichoke hearts and cream, stir well to combine. season with salt and pepper; go easy on the salt. nothing more is needed.
• 3 simmer -- just simmer on medium / medium low and let the sauce reduce. it will take about 10 minutes to slightly thicken. remember this is not a thick sauce or gravy.
• 4 serve -- spoon the sauce over grilled lamb, chicken or lamb. this is excellent over rice, pasta (i love orzo for this), couscous and even butter noodles. this is even excellent over a baked potato topped with feta cheese. fresh basil makes a nice garnish if you want. enjoy!