Mushroom Potato Soup Food

MUSHROOM & POTATO SOUP

Steps:

• Heat the oil in a large pan. Tip in the onions and fry for 10 mins until golden. Meanwhile, pour 1.2 litres boiling water over the dried mushrooms and stir in the bouillon.
• Add the fresh mushrooms and garlic to the pan with the potatoes, thyme and carrots, and continue to fry until the mushrooms soften and start to brown.
• Pour in the dried mushrooms and stock, cover the pan and leave to simmer for 20 mins. Stir in the parsley and plenty of pepper. Ladle into bowls and serve each portion topped with 2 tbsp yogurt and a quarter of the walnuts. The rest can be chilled and reheated the next day.

RUSSIAN MUSHROOM AND POTATO SOUP

Steps:

• Melt 3 tablespoons butter in a large saucepan over medium heat. Mix in leeks and carrots, and cook 5 minutes. Pour in broth. Season with dill, salt, pepper, and bay leaf. Mix in potatoes, cover, and cook 20 minutes, or until potatoes are tender but firm. Remove and discard the bay leaf.
• Melt the remaining butter in a skillet over medium heat, and saute the mushrooms 5 minutes, until lightly browned. Stir into the soup.
• In a small bowl, mix the half-and-half and flour until smooth. Stir into the soup to thicken. Garnish each bowl of soup with fresh dill to serve.

POTATO LEEK & MUSHROOM SOUP

Steps:

• 1. Place potatoes, leeks, celery, carrots, mushrooms, butter, and salt in a pot, and cook over medium heat, stirring until the butter is melted and the vegetables are coated.
• 2. Add vegetable stock, bring to a boil, cover, and reduce heat to a simmer. Cook until the potaotes are tender (20-30 minutes).
• 3. When the potatoes are tender, remove the pan from the heat and puree it's contents with the milk, using an immersion blender, or food processor. Make sure the mixture is absolutely smooth.
• 4. Return to pot, add thyme, if using, and pepper. Check if you need more salt. Heat soup gently, until just hot, and serve.

MUSHROOM SOUP WITH BACON

Steps:

• Add the bacon and butter to a wide, large pot and bring it to a medium heat. Cook the bacon, stirring frequently until it gets crispy and has released a lot of fat. Reserve the bacon and set aside.
• To the bacon fat, add the diced onions and another pat of butter, if needed. Season the onions with salt and cook until they are soft and very aromatic, about 7 to 8 minutes. Add the garlic and cook for 2 to 3 more minutes. Add the mushrooms to the pan, season with salt and cook until they are soft and have released their juices, about 6 to 7 minutes. Scoop 1/3 of the mushroom mixture into a bowl and reserve.
• To the pot, add the diced potato and sprinkle with 2 tablespoons flour. Add the sherry and cook until it has reduced by 1/2. Add the stock and bring to a boil and reduce to a simmer. Taste the stock and season with salt, if needed. Simmer the soup for 30 minutes. Add the cream and simmer for 10 minutes more.
• Using a blender or immersion blender, puree the soup until smooth. Return the soup to the pot and add the reserved bacon and mushrooms. Taste the soup and adjust the seasoning, if needed.
• Garnish the soup with the chopped fresh parsley.

POTATO MUSHROOM SOUP

Steps:

• Gather the ingredients.
• Rinse the mushrooms clean and pat them dry. Trim off and discard any dried stem ends. Roughly chop the mushrooms (don't be too fussy about the chopping; they get pureed in the end).
• In a large pot, melt the butter or heat the oil over medium-high heat. Increase the heat to high and add the mushrooms and salt. Cook, stirring frequently until the mushrooms release their liquid and start to brown, about 5 minutes.
• Meanwhile, chop the onion and the garlic. Add the onion to the mushrooms and cook, stirring frequently, until the onion is soft, about 3 minutes. Add the garlic and cook, stirring, until fragrant, about 1 minute.
• Meanwhile, peel and roughly chop the potatoes.
• Add the sherry to the pot and cook, stirring, for about 2 minutes.
• Add the potatoes and broth and bring to a boil. Reduce the heat to maintain a steady simmer and cook until all the vegetables are extremely falling-apart tender, about 10 minutes.
• Use a handheld blender to completely puree the soup. Or carefully whirl it in batches in a blender or food processor. In any case, process the soup much longer than you think is necessary-at least 2 or 3 minutes for each batch-to get a supremely smooth texture.
• Add salt and freshly ground black pepper to taste.
• Serve the soup hot, garnished as you like with freshly chopped parsley, chives, or thyme, for example.
• Enjoy.

MUSHROOM AND POTATO SOUP

Steps:

• Heat the oil in a large saucepan over a medium heat. Add the onion, garlic and thyme. Cook for 5 minutes stirring frequently. Add the potatoes and cook for a further 5 minutes.
• Increase to high heat and add the mushrooms and cook for a further 5 minutes.
• Add the vegetable stock and bring to boil. Reduce heat and cook for 10 minutes, stirring occasionally.
• Blend or process soup, pour into a clean saucepan and stir in the cream. Season with salt and pepper and heat gently.
• Serve in bowls sprinkled with thyme and rye bread toast.

MUSHROOM AND POTATO CHOWDER

Steps:

• In a large kettle, saute onion in butter until tender. Add flour, salt and pepper; stir to make a smooth paste. Gradually add water, stirring constantly. Bring to a boil; cook and stir for 1 minute. Add the mushrooms, celery, potatoes and carrots. Reduce heat; cover and simmer for 30 minutes or until vegetables are tender. Add cream and Parmesan cheese; heat through.

POTATOES AND MUSHROOMS

Steps:

• Prep all the ingredients. Prep the potatoes: Peel the potatoes and cut them into 2-3 inch pieces about the width of a French fry. Dice the onion. Clean and slice the mushrooms.
• In a large skillet with a lid, heat the olive oil. Add the cut potatoes and diced onion. Cook over medium-high heat for about 3-5 minutes without disturbing, so that the bottom layer of potatoes get nice and crispy. Season with salt, stir and cover with a lid. Continue cooking for 5-8 more minutes, stirring every few minutes to prevent burning, and covering with a lid in between stirring.
• Add the sliced mushrooms and stir. Cover with a lid, and cook for 5 minutes, stirring once or twice. The mushrooms will release some juice, this is fine. Remove the lid, and continue cooking for another 5 minutes stirring frequently, or until the potatoes are fully cooked and any liquid has evaporated. Stir in parsley and remove from heat.

HEARTY MUSHROOM AND POTATO SOUP

Steps:

• Bring water and porcini mushrooms to boil in large saucepan. Turn off heat; cover saucepan. Let mushrooms stand in hot water 10 min.
• Drain soaked porcini in colander, reserving cooking water. Coarsely chop drained porcini.
• Heat 1/4 cup dressing in same saucepan over medium heat. Add potatoes, carrots, celery and onions; stir. Cook, stirring frequently, 5 min. Add cremini mushrooms, thyme and remaining dressing; stir. Cook, stirring frequently, 12 min.
• Add porcini, bouillon powder and reserved porcini cooking water; stir. Bring to boil; cover. Simmer over medium-low heat 10 min. or until potatoes are tender.

MUSHROOM POTATO SOUP

Steps:

• In a Dutch oven or soup kettle, saute leeks and carrots in 3 tablespoons butter for 5 minutes or until tender. Stir in the broth, potatoes, dill, salt, pepper and bay leaf. Bring to a boil. Reduce heat; cover and simmer for 15-20 minutes or until potatoes are tender., Meanwhile, in a large skillet, saute mushrooms in remaining butter for 4-6 minutes or until tender. Discard bay leaf from soup. Stir in mushroom mixture. , In a small bowl, combine flour and cream until smooth; gradually stir into soup. Bring to a boil; cook and stir for 2 minutes or until thickened.

MUSHROOM, POTATO & LEEK SOUP

Steps:

• Prepare the vegetables. Peel potatoes and cut into cubes, you should have about 2 cups of potatoes. Dice leeks, white and green parts included. Peel and mince garlic. Roughly chop mushrooms into halves or quarters.
• In a large pot on medium heat, melt butter and add diced leeks. Saute for 5-7 minutes until leeks are tender.
• Add mushrooms and garlic to pot, season with a pinch of salt to help extract water, and allow to cook for another 2-3 minutes until the mushrooms have cooked down.
• Add diced potatoes and thyme to the pot (stems removed), and stir well to combine.
• Cover vegetables with stock, stir to combine and allow to cook 30 minutes until potatoes are tender.
• Once the soup has cooked, and the potatoes are tender, using an immersion blender, or transferring in batches to a blender, puree the soup into a smooth consistency.
• Depending on your potatoes, you may need to add a little more stock or water to thin the soup if it is too thick.
• Season with salt and pepper to taste.
• The soup can be served as is, or I like to add additional sauteed mushrooms on top. Simply heat oil in a small skillet, add diced mushrooms and saute until golden and crispy. Top the soup and add a final drizzle of olive oil before serving.
• Enjoy!

IRISH MUSHROOM AND POTATO SOUP

Steps:

• In a Dutch oven, melt 3 tbsp of the butter. Sauté the leeks, carrots and celery for about 5 minutes, or until tender.
• Add the broth, potatoes, parsley, salt and pepper. Bring to a boil. Once at a rolling boil, reduce the heat, cover and simmer for about 15-20 minutes, or until potatoes are tender.
• While the potatoes are cooking melt the rest of the butter in a large skillet. Add in the mushrooms and sauté for about 10 minutes, or until they are getting a little bit caramelized.
• Stir the mushroom mixture into the potato mixture.
• In a small bowl, whisk together the flour, cream and milk until smooth. Gradually stir into soup, mixing to ensure no clumps. Bring to a boil once again and cook for 2 minutes or until thickened.
• At this point you can serve as is if you like a chunky soup, or transfer to a blender in batches and blend until smooth. Enjoy