Mushroom Stock Recipes

MARK BITTMAN'S MUSHROOM STOCK

Steps:

• Toss a pound of trimmed button mushrooms and a few dried porcini into 6 cups water. It need not be more complicated than this, but adding some onion, carrot or celery makes it even better.
• Bring to a boil, and simmer.
• Strain the mushrooms out if you like, but make sure to use them for something.

MUSHROOM STOCK

Steps:

• Place both mushrooms, carrot, celery root, shallots, and rosemary leaves in the bowl of a food processor; process until finely chopped.
• Heat vegetable oil in a large pot over high heat. Transfer vegetable mixture to pot and reduce heat to medium. Cook vegetables, letting them "cake" in bottom of pot, about 5 minutes.
• Add 12 cups water to pot. Simmer for 2 hours. Strain stock and let cool.

MUSHROOM STOCK

Steps:

• Shake the dried mushrooms in a sieve to loosen the dirt.
• Heat the oil in a soup pot. Add the onion, carrots, and celery and saute over medium high heat, stirring occasionally, until the onion is well browned, about 15 minutes.
• Scrape the bottom of the pan to loosen the juices that have collected there, then add the dried mushrooms and their soaking liquid, the remaining ingredients, including the boquet garni, and 9 cups water. Bring to a boil, then lower the heat and simmer, partially covered, for 45 minutes. Strain.
• To make the boquet garni:.
• You may put them into the broth whole or gather them in a cheesecloth bag and tie with a string. If you put them in loose, just fish them when done making stock.

MUSHROOM STOCK

Steps:

• Pour just enough water into the stockpot to start the onions cooking. Add the onion, leek top, garlic, shiitake mushrooms, and salt. Give the vegetables a stir, then cover the pot and cook gently over medium heat for 15 minutes. Add the remaining ingredients and cover with 9 cups cold water. Bring the stock to a boil, then simmer, uncovered, for 1 hour. Pour the stock through a strainer, pressing as much liquid as you can from the vegetables, then discard them.

MUSHROOM STOCK

Steps:

• Quarter mushrooms and in a food processor finely chop in 4 batches, transferring to a 6-quart stockpot or heavy kettle. Finely chop onions and add to mushrooms with water and salt. Simmer mixture, uncovered, 2 hours. Pour stock through a large fine sieve into a large bowl, pressing hard on solids. Yield should be about 5 cups: If yield is less, add enough water to make 5 cups; if more, boil stock until reduced to 5 cups.

MUSHROOM STOCK

Steps:

• Heat the oil in a large stockpot or kettle set over medium heat. Add the onion, carrots, celery and garlic and cook, stirring frequently, until the vegetables are lightly browned, about 5 minutes. Add the mushrooms, dried porcini, thyme, bay leaf, peppercorns and 14 cups of water and bring to a boil. Adjust the heat and simmer gently, uncovered, for 2 hours.
• Pour the stock through a fine-mesh strainer. Press down on the solids to extract as much liquid as possible. Stir in the soy sauce. Use as a base for soups and stews, or add more soy or tamari to taste and serve as a broth.

WILD MUSHROOM STOCK

Steps:

• Bring 4 cups water to a boil. Place the dried mushrooms in a medium heat-proof bowl; pour the boiling water over mushrooms. Let stand until softened, about 20 minutes. Strain through a fine sieve into another bowl, reserving liquid and mushrooms separately. Set aside.
• In a medium stockpot, cook butter and oil over medium heat. Add onion, and cook until caramelized, about 20 minutes, stirring occasionally. Add the reserved mushrooms along with the carrots, parsnips, and celery; cook, stirring often, until vegetables are softened and fragrant, about 20 minutes.
• Stir Swiss chard into vegetable mixture in pot. Add 3 1/2 quarts cold water, reserved mushroom liquid (being careful to leave behind any sediment), bay leaf, thyme, and parsley. Cover pot, and bring to a boil; reduce heat, and simmer, uncovered, about 1 hour.
• Remove pot from heat, and strain mixture through a fine sieve or cheesecloth-lined colander into a large heatproof bowl or saucepan, pressing down on vegetables with the back of a wooden spoon to extract as much liquid as possible. Discard solids. Store stock in airtight containers in the refrigerator up to 3 days or in the freezer up to 6 months.

MUSHROOM BROTH

Steps:

• Combine water, mushrooms, celery, onions, carrots, bouquet garni, garlic, bay leaves, salt, and pepper in a large soup pot and bring to a boil, about 5 minutes. Reduce to a gentle simmer and cook until reduced by 1/2, 45 to 50 minutes.
• Strain stock into a jar, discard vegetables, and your stock is good to go.