recipes:soups_and_stews:creamy_mushroom_soup
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Serves 4
If your only experience with cream of mushroom soup is canned, then you haven't really lived. A great version is hearty, earthy, and deliciously savory. This one combines a variety of mushrooms (including oyster mushrooms) with sherry and fresh thyme.
Ingredients
- 3 tablespoons butter
- 1 medium onion, diced
- 1 small russet or baking potato, diced
- 1 pound assorted mushrooms (oyster, crimini, shiitake, portobello, button), thinly sliced
- Salt and pepper, to taste
- 1/4 cup dry sherry
- 3 tablespoons flour
- 4 cups chicken stock
- 2 teaspoons chopped fresh thyme
- 1/2 cup heavy cream
- 1/2 cup plain yogurt or sour cream
- 1 tablespoon chopped fresh thyme (for garnish)
Technique
- In a soup pot over medium heat, melt the butter. Add the onion and potato. Cook 5 minutes, stirring often.
- Add the mushrooms, salt, and pepper. Cook, stirring, for 5 minutes. Pour in the sherry and bring to a boil. Lower the heat and simmer for 5 minutes or until liquid is reduced by half.
- Sprinkle mixture with flour. Cook, stirring, for 1 minute. Add the stock, stirring constantly, until the mixture is smooth. Bring to a boil, lower the heat, and simmer for 15 minutes.
- Remove from the heat. Add the 2 teaspoons thyme to the pot. In a blender, puree the soup in batches. Return to the pan and stir in the cream. Bring to a simmer over medium heat. Taste for seasoning, add more salt and pepper, if you like, and ladle into bowls. Garnish each one with yogurt or sour cream and thyme.
Note: Can be made vegetarian by substituting for the chicken broth.
Source: Boston Globe December 5, 2007 Keri Fisher
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