Recipe: Perfect wild mushroom soup

wild mushroom soup. The Tasty Tuna Casserole Gets Revamped With Rice And Cheesy Cheddar Topping. Line a sieve with a dampened paper towel or coffee filter. Melt butter in large pot over medium-high heat.

This soup is perfect served any time of year. Serve with a salad for a light meal or as a first course when entertaining! Wild mushroom soup is a savory starter that can be made up to a day in advance. You can have wild mushroom soup using 10 ingredients and 7 steps. Here is how you achieve that.

Ingredients of wild mushroom soup

1. Prepare 1/2 oz of dried porcini mushrooms (about 2/3 cup).
2. Prepare 6 slice of bacon.
3. It's 3 of leeks ( white & green parts only),sliced & rinsed.
4. It's 2 tsp of 2 salt & 2 pepper.
5. You need 1 lb of mixed mushrooms like shiitake, cremini, or portobello, cleaned trimmed and sliced.
6. It's 1/4 cup of madeira or cognac.
7. Prepare 1 of bay leaf.
8. It's 1/2 cup of creme fraiche, plus more for serving.
9. It's 3 tsp of of flat-leaf parsley.
10. Prepare 3 tsp of thyme whole.

Any combination of mushrooms will work well in this recipe. Serve with thin toasted baguette slices lightly brushed with olive oil and sprinkled with salt as a nice dipper for the soup. Crush morels or other mushrooms with rolling pin, set aside. Stir the flour into the onion-celery mixture, add the water and crushed mushrooms.

wild mushroom soup instructions

1. Bring 1 cup water to a small saucepan and add the dried porcini. Set aside to soften, about 20 minutes. scoop up the mushrooms, squeezing out the liquid and chop long ways, reserve in a small bowl.
2. Ladle 2/3 cup of the soaking liquid into a measuring cup, taking care to leave any grit at the bottom of the saucepan.
3. Line a plate with paper towels, cook the Bacon in a soup pot over medium heat until crispy, transfer Bacon to the plate and add butter,leeks and 1-1/2 teaspoon salt to the drippings in the pot and cook stirring occasionally.
4. When leeks are soft (about 10 minutes ) add the fresh and reserved soaked mushrooms 1/2 teaspoon black pepper and another 1-1/2 teaspoon of salt. Increase heat to high and cook (stirring occasionally, until mushrooms are wilted (about 5 minutes.
5. Add the Madeira or Cognac and cook uncovered until the mixture is almost dry, add 6 cups of water and the reserved mushroom soaking liquid and bring to a simmer.
6. tie parsley, thyme. and bay leaf together toss in pot, cover & reduce heat simmer until mushrooms are tender (about 30 minutes ).
7. Scoop out about 2 cups of the mushrooms with a slotted spoon &puree in blender with 1cup of the broth & the creme fraiche until very smooth. Stir the puree unto the soup, taste to see if salt or pepper is needed, remove the herb bundle. top with a teaspoon of creme fraiche over each serving and crumble some bacon on top..

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