Deliciouswildriceandmushroomsoup Recipes

MUSHROOM & WILD RICE SOUP

Steps:

• In a small saucepan, bring water to a boil; add dried mushrooms. Remove from heat; let stand 25-30 minutes or until softened., Using a slotted spoon, remove mushrooms; rinse. Trim and discard stems from shiitake mushrooms. Chop mushrooms. Strain soaking liquid through a fine-mesh strainer. Reserve mushrooms and soaking liquid., In a Dutch oven, heat butter over medium-high heat. Add onion; cook and stir until tender. Add fresh and baby portobello mushrooms; cook and stir until tender. Add garlic; cook 1 minute longer., Stir in broth, rice mix with contents of seasoning packet, reserved dried mushrooms and soaking liquid, salt and pepper. Bring to a boil. Reduce heat; simmer, covered, 20-25 minutes or until rice is tender., In a small bowl, mix water and cornstarch until smooth; stir into soup. Bring to a boil; cook and stir 2 minutes or until thickened. Stir in cream; heat through.

WILD RICE AND MUSHROOM SOUP

Steps:

• In a Dutch oven, saute mushrooms in oil until tender. Add the rice, contents of seasoning packets, broth and water. Bring to a boil. Reduce heat; cover and simmer for 25 minutes. Add cream and heat through.

WILD RICE AND MUSHROOM SOUP

Steps:

• Cook rice according to package instructions; set aside. Melt butter in a large stockpot or Dutch oven over medium heat. Add garlic, mushrooms, leek and carrot. Cook, stirring occasionally, until tender, about 5-6 minutes. Whisk in flour until lightly browned, about 1 minute. Stir in sherry, scraping any browned bits from the bottom of the pot. Whisk in chicken broth, thyme and bay leaves. Bring to a boil; reduce heat and simmer, partially covered, for 10-15 minutes. Stir in rice until flavors have blended, an additional 5-10 minutes. Stir in kale, heavy whipping cream and parsley until the kale has wilted, about 2-3 minutes; season with salt and pepper, to taste. Serve immediately.

WILD MUSHROOM SOUP

Steps:

• Melt the butter in a small Dutch oven over medium heat. Add the onion and cook, stirring occasionally, until softened, about 12 minutes. Increase the heat to medium high, add the mushrooms, 1/4 teaspoon salt and a few grinds of pepper and cook, stirring often, until the mushrooms release their liquid but do not brown, about 8 minutes. Add the chicken broth and bring to a simmer. Simmer, partially covered, for 30 minutes.
• Transfer to a blender and puree until smooth (be careful when blending hot liquids). Add the Marsala if using and season with salt and pepper.
• Pour the soup into 4 bowls. Dollop with the creme fraiche and sprinkle with the chives. Drizzle a tiny bit of olive oil over top.

WILD MUSHROOM SOUP WITH ARUGULA AND CRISPY SERRANO HAM

Steps:

• Heat 3 tablespoons butter with 1 tablespoon olive oil in a large stockpot over high heat. Add the wild mushrooms and cook until the mushrooms are golden brown and their liquid has evaporated, about 8 to 10 minutes. Transfer the mushrooms to a bowl.
• Heat 1 tablespoon butter with 1 tablespoon oil in a medium saucepan over medium-high heat. Add the onion and cook until soft. Add the cremini mushrooms and cook until golden brown, about 4 to 5 minutes. Sprinkle flour over mushrooms and cook for 2 minutes. Add the stock and porcini powder and cook for 20 minutes. Season, to taste, with salt and pepper. Strain the stock through a strainer into the stockpot that you sauteed the wild mushrooms in and discard the onion and mushrooms.
• Cook stock over medium heat until thickened slightly and then stir in the sauteed wild mushrooms and cook for 15 minutes. Season, to taste, with salt and pepper.
• While the soup is cooking, heat the canola oil in a high sided saute pan over high heat until the oil begins to shimmer. Carefully add the ham, in batches, and cook until crispy, about 45 seconds to 1 minute. Drain on a plate lined with paper towels.
• Ladle the soup into bowls, add a handful of arugula, top with a slice of the crispy ham, and drizzle with a teaspoon of white truffle oil.
• Preheat oven to 450 degrees F.
• Combine chicken bones, onions, celery, and carrots in a large roasting pan; toss with oil and season lightly with salt and pepper. Roast until the bones and vegetables are a rich golden brown, about 30 to 40 minutes.
• Transfer the bones and vegetables to a large stockpot, add 12 cups cold water, and the remaining ingredients and bring to a boil over high heat. Reduce the heat to medium and simmer for 4 hours, skimming the scum that rises to the top with a ladle every 20 minutes. Remove from the heat and strain through a mesh strainer into a clean pot. Place back on the stove over high heat and cook until reduced by half. Use immediately or let cool to room temperature, cover, and refrigerate or freeze until ready to use.
• Yield: about 6 cups

CREAM OF WILD MUSHROOM SOUP

Steps:

• Pour vegetable broth into a large pot; bring to a simmer over medium heat.
• Melt 1/4 cup butter in a large saucepan over low heat; increase heat to medium. Add carrot; cook and stir until starting to soften, 3 to 5 minutes. Add onion, leek, celery, and garlic; cook and stir until onion is translucent, about 5 minutes. Add yellow squash and zucchini; cook for 2 minutes.
• Pour carrot mixture into the vegetable broth. Keep broth simmering over low heat.
• Melt remaining 1/4 cup butter in the saucepan. Cook and stir chanterelle mushrooms, oyster mushrooms, button mushrooms, and portobello mushroom in the hot butter until starting to soften, about 5 minutes. Sprinkle flour over mushroom mixture; stir until a paste forms, 2 to 3 minutes.
• Stir mushroom and flour mixture into the vegetable broth. Pour in heavy cream; simmer until heated through, about 8 minutes. Season with cayenne, salt, and pepper. Garnish soup with chives.

WILD MUSHROOM SOUP

Steps:

• Bring broth to boil in medium saucepan. Remove from heat. Add porcini mushrooms to saucepan; let soak until mushrooms soften, about 20 minutes. Drain, reserving broth but discarding any sediment in broth. Coarsely chop porcini mushrooms.
• Heat olive oil in heavy large pot over medium-high heat. Add chopped onions and sauté until tender, about 7 minutes. Add wild mushrooms and button mushrooms and sauté until brown and tender, about 8 minutes. Add minced garlic, thyme, and porcini and sauté 2 minutes. Sprinkle flour over; stir 1 minute. Gradually whisk in reserved porcini soaking liquid and low-fat milk. Bring to boil, stirring frequently. Reduce heat to medium and boil gently until soup thickens slightly, about 12 minutes. Transfer 1 1/2 cups soup to blender and puree until smooth. Return to pot. Bring soup to simmer. Season soup to taste with salt and pepper. Ladle soup into bowls and serve.

WILD ABOUT CREAMY WILD MUSHROOM SOUP

Steps:

• Soak dried mushrooms in 1 cup hot water till softened.
• Remove mushrooms and drain liquid through cheesecloth and saving liquid and discarding sandy bits.
• Chop mushrooms set aside.
• In the drained hot liquid and crushed pinch of saffron.
• Set aside.
• In a large pot over medium heat melt 2 tablespoons oil and 2 tablespoons butter.
• Saute onions, garlic and all the mushrooms season with thyme, salt and pepper about 5 minutes. Optional carrot and celery may be added along with onions.
• Add sherry reduce to half.
• Add chicken stock and liquid reserved from mushrooms simmer 20 minutes.
• In a separate pot melt 4 tablespoons butter then add flour to make a thick paste whisk in 1 pint of cream.
• Then whisk into soup.
• Using a hand blender puree the soup to a nice consistency.
• Let simmer 5 more minutes stirring so not to burn.
• Serve with soup topped with a little extra sherry.

WILD MUSHROOM SOUP

Steps:

• Combine the broth ingredients with 2 quarts of cold water and bring to a boil. Reduce the heat to low and simmer 20 to 30 minutes. Meanwhile, slice the mushrooms into 1/4-inch strips.
• Strain the broth. Add the onion to the broth and cook over low heat 3 to 5 minutes. Add the mushrooms and cook until they are tender, about 35 minutes.
• Season to taste with salt and pepper. Ladle into shallow soup bowls and garnish with the thyme.

WILD MUSHROOM SOUP WITH SHERRY

Steps:

• Melt 6 tablespoons butter in large pot over medium-high heat. Add celery, shallots, onion and garlic and sauté until onion is translucent, about 8 minutes. Add all mushrooms and sauté until beginning to soften, about 4 minutes. Add white wine and Sherry. Boil until liquid is reduced to glaze, about 6 minutes.
• Mix remaining 2 tablespoons butter and 1/4 cup flour in small bowl until smooth paste forms. Add flour paste to mushroom mixture in pot; stir until mixture melts and coats vegetables. Gradually mix in stock. Bring to boil, stirring frequently. Reduce heat to medium-low and simmer until mushrooms are tender, stirring often, about 10 minutes. Stir in cream. Season with salt and pepper.
• Working in batches, puree soup in blender or processor until smooth. Return soup to pot. (Can be prepared 1 day ahead. Cover and refrigerate. Rewarm over medium-low heat before serving.) Ladle soup into bowls and serve.

DELICIOUS WILD RICE AND MUSHROOM SOUP

Steps:

• Begin cooking wild rice while preparing vegetables and other ingredients.
• Meanwhile, in a big sauce pan, melt butter.
• Add onion, celery and carrot. Cook for 3 minutes on medium-high heat.
• Slightly reduce heat (low-med) and add mushrooms. Cook for 3 minutes.
• Add flour, salt and pepper and cook for about 3 minutes or until mixture turns golden.
• Add broth and 1/2 & 1/2 (or cream). Cook for 10 minutes.
• Add cooked rice and chervil or tarragon and heat through.
• Enjoy.