Creamy Mushroom Garlic Onion Soup Food

MUSHROOM SOUP

Steps:

• Heat the butter in a large saucepan and cook the onions and garlic until soft but not browned, about 8-10 mins.
• Add the mushrooms and cook over a high heat for another 3 mins until softened. Sprinkle over the flour and stir to combine. Pour in the chicken stock, bring the mixture to the boil, then add the bay leaf and simmer for another 10 mins.
• Remove and discard the bay leaf, then remove the mushroom mixture from the heat and blitz using a hand blender until smooth. Gently reheat the soup and stir through the cream (or, you could freeze the soup at this stage - simply stir through the cream when heating). Scatter over the parsley, if you like, and serve.

CREAMY MUSHROOM GARLIC ONION SOUP

Steps:

• Sauté chopped mushrooms in olive oil over high heat for 2-3 minutes.
• Stir as little as possible so that they brown, not steam.
• Remove from pan and set aside.
• Melt butter over medium-low heat.
• Add onions and garlic.
• Cover and cook for about 10 minutes, stirring occasionally.
• Add the flour and cook, stirring, for 3 minutes.
• Add the broth, sherry, thyme, bay leaf, and cayenne pepper.
• Stir well and bring to a boil.
• Lower heat and cook uncovered for 15 minutes.
• Add the bread pieces, stir well, and simmer for another 5 minutes.
• Discard the bay leaf.
• Add the reserved mushrooms and heat through.
• Using an immersion blender, puree the soup until the bread has dissolved and the soup is smooth.
• Add salt and pepper to taste.

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 MUSHROOM & ROASTED ONION SOUP

Steps:

• Heat the oven to 400 degrees.
• Peel one of the onions but leave it whole.
• Rub 1 tablespoon of the oil and a pinch each of the salt and pepper over the onion, then wrap it in foil. Roast the onion until it is softened and lightly caramelized, about 1 hour. Remove and cool.
• Meanwhile, peel and chop the remaining onion.
• Heat a medium, heavy-bottom saucepan over medium heat. Add the remaining olive oil and a pinch each of salt and pepper. Stir in the chopped onion, carrot and celery and cook until softened, about 8 to 10 minutes.
• Stir in the garlic, shallots and mushrooms and cook for 5 minutes, stirring frequently. Reserve one mushroom to garnish the finished soup.
• Stir in the wine, making sure to scrape the browned bits from the bottom of the pan. Stir in the fresh thyme and bring the contents to a gentle simmer. Cook until the mushrooms soften, about 5 to 6 minutes.
• Stir in the vegetable stock and continue to simmer until the liquid is reduced by half, about 10 minutes.
• Remove from the heat and purée the soup with an immersion blender, or in batches in a blender. Return the soup to low heat and stir in the cream. Season with a generous teaspoon of salt and a pinch of pepper, or to taste. This makes about 8 cups of soup.
• Chop the roasted onion into pieces no larger than one-quarter inch. Stir the chopped onion into the soup. Check and adjust the seasoning if desired.
• Slice the reserved mushroom into 8 very thin, lengthwise slices. Ladle the soup into warmed bowls. Garnish each portion with a thin shaving of the Parmigiano-Reggiano, one-fourth teaspoon of the chives and a thin slice of mushroom.
• Serve immediately.

3 ONION, MUSHROOM AND GARLIC SOUP

Steps:

• Melt butter and olive oil in a large pot.
• Sauté leeks, onions, salt, pepper, sugar, 8-10 minutes adding garlic and cook 3 more minutes.
• Add strained chopped mushrooms, water, beef base, strained liquid from mushrooms and parsley.
• Bring to a boil lower heat to a simmer and cook for 20 more minutes.
• If desired, toast bread in over and top with your favorite cheese and place on top of soup and serve topped with a garnish of scallions and pepper.
• For vegetarian use only the vegetable base.