Mushroom Soup With Roasted Tomatillos And Cactussopa De Nopalitos Food

MUSHROOM SOUP WITH ROASTED TOMATILLOS AND CACTUS(SOPA DE NOPALITOS

Steps:

• Preheat broiler.
• If nopales have thorns, carefully trim them from cactus paddles with scissors, then rub paddles with clean plastic scouring pad to get rid of the very small ones.
• Rinse with water and brush each side with a little olive oil.
• Set on a cookie sheet and broil, turning occasionally, until limp, (10 to 15 minutes).
• Set the cooked cactus paddles aside to cool.
• When cool, cut in half lengthwise, then cut each half into 1/4-inch-wide slices.
• Place the tomatillos and tomatoes whole on baking sheet and broil until soft and blackened in spots, about 4 minutes.
• Turn and broil on other side.
• Set aside to cool; peel tomatoes when cool.
• While the cactus is being cooked, combine the garlic, jalapenos, onion, anise seed and olive oil in large stockpot.
• Saute until onions are tender (not browned) and garlic is fragrant, about 6 minutes.
• Combine roasted vegetables in food processor with 2 cups of the vegetable stock and the cilantro.
• Puree until chunky smooth.
• Add the puree to the garlic and onion mixture with remaining stock and simmer over medium flame.
• Add mushrooms, reduce heat to low, cover and simmer approximately 20 minutes.
• Add cactus pieces to soup and simmer 5 more minutes.
• Serve hot.

MUSHROOM SOUP

Steps:

• Sprinkle the mushrooms with lemon juice. In a food processor, coarsely chop them.
• Melt the butter in a heavy saucepan and lightly saute the shallots. Add the mushrooms, thyme, and bay leaf and saute over moderate heat for 10 minutes, or until the liquid disappears. Add the salt, pepper, cream, and chicken stock and bring to a boil. Reduce the heat and simmer for 20 minutes.
• Add the cornstarch to the soup and continue to simmer 10 minutes longer, stirring constantly. Correct seasoning to taste.
• Serve in warm bowls. Sprinkle with minced parsley.

MUSHROOM SOUP

Steps:

• Method
• In the medium saucepan, melt 2 tablespoons/28 g of the butter over medium heat and add the onion. Cook until the onion is soft and translucent, then add the mushrooms and the remaining butter. Let the mixture sweat for about 8 minutes, taking care that the onion doesn't take on any brown color. Stir in the chicken stock and the parsley and bring to a boil. Immediately reduce the heat and simmer for about an hour.
• After an hour, remove the parsley and discard. Let the soup cool for a few minutes, then transfer to the blender and carefully blend at high speed until smooth. Do I have to remind you to do this in stages, with the blender's lid firmly held down, and with the weight of your body keeping that thing from flying off and allowing boiling hot mushroom purée to erupt all over your kitchen?
• When blended, return the mix to the pot, season with salt and pepper, and bring up to a simmer again. Add the sherry, mix well, and serve immediately.
• Improvisation
• To astound your guests with a Wild Mushroom Soup, simply replace some of those button mushrooms with a few dried cèpes or morels, which have been soaked until soft, drained, and squeezed. Not too many; the dried mushrooms will have a much stronger taste, and you don't want to overwhelm the soup. Pan sear, on high heat, a single small, pretty, fresh chanterelle or morel for each portion, and then slice into a cute fan and float on top in each bowl.
• And if you really want to ratchet your soup into pretentious (but delicious), drizzle a few tiny drops of truffle oil over the surface just before serving. Why the hell not? Everybody else is doing it.

MUSHROOM AND TOMATO SOUP

Steps:

• Bring 2 cups water and porcini to boil in medium saucepan. Reduce heat; cover and simmer 10 minutes. Using slotted spoon, remove porcini. Finely chop porcini. Pour liquid into small bowl, leaving any sediment behind.
• Purée tomatoes with their juices in processor until smooth; set aside. Heat oil in heavy large pot over medium-high heat. Add onion and garlic; sauté 3 minutes. Add porcini and crimini mushrooms; sauté until tender, about 10 minutes. Stir in 4 tablespoons parsley and red pepper. Add puréed tomatoes, 3 cups broth and 1 cup porcini cooking liquid and bring to boil. Reduce heat and simmer until flavors blend, thinning soup with more broth, if desired, about 15 minutes. Season with salt and pepper.
• Top soup with 2 tablespoons parsley.

ROASTED MUSHROOM SOUP

Steps:

• Preheat an oven to 400 degrees F (200 degrees C).
• Mix the mushrooms, 1 minced clove garlic, rosemary, and salt together in a bowl. Drizzle the olive oil over the mushroom mixture, and toss to coat evenly; transfer to a baking sheet.
• Roast the mushrooms in the preheated oven until golden brown, about 15 minutes.
• Melt the butter in a large saucepan over medium heat. Stir the onions, 2 minced cloves garlic, and the thyme into the melted butter; cook and stir until the onions are completely soft, 7 to 10 minutes.
• Combine the mushroom mixture and the onion mixture in the bowl of a blender or food processor with about half of the heavy cream; blend on low until combined yet slightly chunky. Return the blended mixture to the stockpot. Stir the remaining heavy cream, the chicken broth, milk, and black pepper through the blended mixture; bring the resulting soup to a simmer, and cook until the flavors are thoroughly combined, at least 15 minutes.

MUSHROOM SOUP

Steps:

• Melt the butter in a large pot.
• Saute the onions in the butter for 5 minutes over medium heat.
• Stir in mushrooms, paprika, soy sauce, and broth.
• Reduce heat to low, cover, and simmer for 15 minutes.
• Stir in salt and add rosemary to taste. Start with at least two heaping tablespoons, add more if necessary.
• Simmer another 15 minutes, remember to stir.
• Stir in ground black pepper, lemon juice, parsley, and sour cream.
• Mix together until sour cream is melted.
• Simmer to reduce. For a smoother soup, blend with an immersion blender.