Creamy Forest Mushroom Soup Recipes

CHEF JOHN'S CREAMY MUSHROOM SOUP

Steps:

• Melt butter in a large soup pot over medium-high heat; cook mushrooms in butter with 1 pinch salt until the mushrooms give off their juices; reduce heat to low. Continue to cook, stirring often, until juices evaporate and the mushrooms are golden brown, about 15 minutes. Set aside a few attractive mushroom slices for garnish later, if desired. Mix onion into mushrooms and cook until onion is soft and translucent, about 5 more minutes.
• Stir flour into mushroom mixture and cook, stirring often, for 2 minutes to remove raw flour taste. Tie thyme sprigs into a small bundle with kitchen twine and add to mushroom mixture; add garlic cloves. Pour chicken stock and water into mushroom mixture. Bring to a simmer and cook for 1 hour. Remove thyme bundle.
• Transfer soup to a blender in small batches and puree on high speed until smooth and thick.
• Return soup to pot and stir in cream. Season with salt and black pepper and serve in bowls, garnished with reserved mushroom slices and a few thyme leaves.

MOREL MUSHROOM SOUP

Steps:

• Melt butter in a large pot over medium heat. Cook mushrooms in butter in batches, turning occasionally, until golden brown, about 10 minutes. Add a portion of the garlic at the end of each batch and cook until fragrant, about 1 minute. Remove mushroom mixture to a plate.
• Add onion to the pot. Cook and stir until onion has softened and turned translucent, about 5 minutes. Add mushroom mixture, thyme, and parsley. Pour wine into the pot and cook while scraping the browned bits of food off the bottom of the pan with a wooden spoon, about 3 minutes.
• Sprinkle flour over the mixture and stir until well incorporated. Add broth, bouillon, salt, and pepper and bring to a boil. Reduce heat to low. Cover and simmer, stirring occasionally, until thickened, about 10 minutes.
• Stir in cream and enough milk to reach desired thickness. Cook until heated through.

CREAMY FOREST MUSHROOM SOUP

Steps:

• Chop oyster mushrooms and finely chop onion. Mince garlic. In a 4- to 5-quart heavy kettle heat oil over moderately high heat until hot but not smoking and sauté mushrooms, onion, and garlic with porcini powder and brown sugar, stirring, until liquid mushrooms give off is completely evaporated and mushrooms begin to brown.
• Add Madeira and boil, stirring occasionally, until liquid is evaporated. Stir in mushroom stock, vinegar, and thyme and bring to a boil. Stir in cream and salt and pepper to taste and simmer, uncovered, 15 minutes.
• In a blender purée soup in batches until smooth (use caution when blending hot liquids), transferring to a saucepan, and reheat over moderately low heat until hot.
• Serve soup garnished with chives.