Mushroom Soup

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Butter braised wild mushrooms in creamy soup with earthy herbs. Well if that’s not a warm hug in one sentence I don’t know what is!

First time I made that soup we couldn’t stop eating. Pot that should last us for two days we have demolished in one sitting. Which first thought after stuffing ourselves with it was to share it with you guys so you can enjoy it as much as we did.

Mushroom forging is a big part of my culture. I remember as a child, on our family hikes, seeing people out in the woods with cute wicker baskets after rainy days in early autumn hunting for the best-looking individuals. It’s a true connection between nature and your plate.

You can buy mushrooms in your local grocery store. They have nice boxes of speciality mushrooms which you can use in your mix, but if you have time to go to your local farmers’ market, the taste will just go to another level.

So, let me bring it to your table.

Mushroom Soup Recipe

Uncommonly Delicious

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Prep Time 15 mins

Cook Time 1 hr

Course Soup

Cuisine Polish

Servings 4

Ingredients

  

• 400 g Mixed mushrooms (Chestnut, Shiitake, Oyster)
• 1.5 l Chicken stock
• 1 Large potato
• 25 g Butter
• 1 Large red onion
• Double cream
• 1 tsp Thyme (can be dried or fresh)

Instructions

 

• Melt the butter in a large pot and add diced onion and garlic, cook for few minutes stirring from time to time until the onion is starting to be translucent. Add washed, cut into quarters mushrooms, thyme, pinch of salt and pepper. Sate for 10~15min stirring few times.
• Next add chicken broth, bay leaf, potato cut into bite size cubes and simmer for 40min. Try the soup half way through incase you need to add more salt or pepper.
• Once potatoes are nice and soft your soup is ready to eat. Add double cream to taste on plate

Notes

1. I don’t recommend adding cream to the whole pot of soup. It will go off quicker. But if you will, store in fridge.
2. To make it vegan, swap the chicken stock to vegetable one and sauté mushrooms in vegan butter. You can skip cream or also use vegan alternative.
3. Maggi is a great addition for taste. If you are not familiar with it be careful, it’s quite salty.

Keyword Mushroom, Polish, Soup