Cream Of Dried Porcini Soup Food

CREAM OF DRIED PORCINI SOUP

Steps:

• Heat the water to boiling in a pot and then pour over the mushrooms, allow to rehydrate for 10 minutes and then agitate the mushrooms vigorously in their liquid to remove any dirt. Remove the mushrooms from their liquid, strain the liquid through a fine strainer or cheese cloth, and then add back to the mushrooms.
• Saute the onion until soft and translucent in a soup pot, making sure they do not brown, season them lightly with kosher salt. Add the wine and cook until most of it has evaporated, then add the potatoes, stock, porcini and their liquid.
• Cook the soup covered at a gentle simmer until the potatoes are very tender, about 15 minutes.
• Add the cream, now working in small batches if necessary, puree the mixture in a blender, alternatively you can puree the mixture with a hand blender.
• Season the soup with salt until the porcini flavor really hits you in the face, then season with a little ground white pepper.
• When the soup is finished, ladle it into the smallest soup bowls you have and serve, topping with the croutons and black walnut pesto. 1 cup of soup per person is ample, it is very rich.

CREAM OF PORCINI MUSHROOM SOUP (GLUTEN-FREE, LOW-CARB)

Steps:

• Soak dried mushrooms in 300 ml warm water for 20 minutes. Strain but keep the liquid. Slice the mushrooms.
• Heat olive oil in a medium pan and sauté onion and garlic until onion is translucent.
• Add both soaked mushrooms and fresh mushrooms and sauté a little longer.
• Add the water used for soaking the mushrooms and vegetable bouillon cubes.
• Bring to a boil and turn off the heat.
• When the soup is cool enough to handle safely, purée the soup using a blender or hand blender.
• Return the soup to the pan, add milk, half and half and butter and bring to a boil.
• Adjust the taste with salt and pepper.
• Transfer the soup to individual soup bowls.
• Top with chopped parsley and truffle oil (optional). Infuse love and serve immediately!

MUSHROOM AND DRIED PORCINI SOUP

Steps:

• Place the dried porcinis in a bowl or a pyrex measuring cup and cover with 2 cups boiling water. Let sit for 30 minutes. Meanwhile, wipe the fresh mushrooms, trim away the bottoms if they're sandy, break off the stems and set them aside. Set aside the caps in a separate bowl.
• Drain the porcinis through a cheesecloth-lined strainer set over a bowl. Squeeze over the strainer to extract as much flavorful liquid as possible and set aside the broth. Rinse the mushrooms in several changes of water. Measure the mushroom soaking water and add water to make 2 cups.
• In a soup pot or a large saucepan, combine the mushroom soaking liquid, the chicken or vegetable stock, the soaked porcinis, fresh mushroom stems, garlic, tomatoes, and 1 teaspoon salt, and bring to a simmer. Cover and simmer over very low heat for 1 hour. Strain the soup and return to the saucepan. Add salt and freshly ground pepper to taste.
• Slice the fresh mushroom caps paper-thin, toss with a couple of drops of lemon juice, and add to the soup pot. Heat through for 5 minutes.
• If garnishing with the garlic croutons, top them with Parmesan and place in a hot oven or toaster until the Parmesan has melted. Ladle the soup into bowls and garnish each bowl with chopped fresh chives and a crouton or two if desired.

CREAMY MUSHROOM SOUP

Steps:

• Bring a kettle to the boil, then pour the water over the dried porcini just to cover. Heat half the butter in a saucepan, then gently sizzle the onion, garlic and thyme for 5 mins until softened and starting to brown. Drain the porcini, reserving the juice, then add to the onion with the mixed wild mushrooms. Leave to cook for 5 mins until they go limp.
• Pour over the stock and the reserved juices, bring to the boil, then simmer for 20 mins. Stir in crème fraîche, then simmer for a few mins more. Blitz the soup with a hand blender or liquidiser, pass through a fine sieve, then set aside.
• Heat the remaining butter in a frying pan, fry the bread cubes until golden, then drain on kitchen paper. To serve, heat the soup and froth up with a hand blender, if you like. Ladle the soup into bowls, scatter over the croûtons and chives and drizzle with truffle oil.

CREAMY PORCINI SOUP

Steps:

• Place dried porcini mushrooms into the water and soak for at least one hour. (I personally soaked them over night so they are ready for lunch.) Do NOT drain the water as this will be the bases of your soup.
• Once the mushrooms have reconstituted, melt sweet cream butter in a sauce pan over medium heat.
• Add the diced sweet onions and garlic. Sauté until the onions lose their opacity (but do not allow to brown.).
• Add the reconstituted mushrooms along with the flavored water.
• Place both cubes into the mixture and allow the soup to come to a slight boil.
• Gently add the heavy whipping cream while stirring.
• Bring soup back to a gentle boil.
• Soups on!

CREAMY PORCINI MUSHROOM SOUP

Steps:

• In a heatproof bowl, pour the hot water over the porcini mushrooms and soak for 30 minutes.
• In a large, wide-bottomed saucepan over high heat, warm 2 Tbs. of the oil and melt the butter. Add the button and shiitake mushrooms and sauté, stirring occasionally, until the mushrooms are golden and tender and the liquid has nearly evaporated, 6 to 8 minutes. Add the remaining 1 Tbs. oil to the pan with the mushrooms, then add the onion and garlic. Sauté, stirring occasionally, until the onions are tender and golden, 6 to 8 minutes more. Add the thyme and sauté 1 minute more.
• Strain the porcini through a fine-mesh sieve, reserving the soaking liquid and the porcini. Add the soaking liquid to the mushroom-onion mixture along with the vinegar, stock and cream. Bring to a simmer, reduce the heat to medium-low and simmer for 20 minutes.
• Using a stick blender, puree the soup until smooth and blended. Season with salt and pepper. Chop the porcini coarsely and stir into the soup. Ladle into warmed soup bowls and garnish each serving with a pinch of chopped chives. Serves 8.