Russian Mushroom And Barley Soup Recipes

RUSSIAN MUSHROOM BARLEY SOUP

Steps:

• Rinse the barley. Place the water and barley into a medium pot. Season with salt, bring to a boil, reduce to a simmer and cook for about 20 minutes.
• Add the potatoes and continue cooking at a simmer until the potatoes are tender.
• Meanwhile, cut the bacon into small pieces, lardons. Cook on medium heat in a skillet until crisp. Drain on a paper towel.
• Pour out all but about 1 Tablespoon of the bacon grease. You can pour it all out and add about 1 Tablespoon of butter to the skillet. Add the mushrooms, season with salt and cook on high heat. The mushrooms will exude a lot of liquid, keep cooking on high heat until all the liquid evaporates and the mushrooms are golden.
• Add the onions, season with salt and pepper. Continue cooking on medium heat until the onions are tender and just beginning to turn golden.
• Add to the soup and continue cooking until the potatoes are tender. Garnish with the bacon and fresh dill and chives. Serve with sour cream.

HEALTHY MUSHROOM SOUP

Steps:

• Cover the porcini mushrooms with 750ml boiling water and leave to soak.
• Heat the olive oil and butter in a large saucepan and add the chopped mushrooms, carrot and celery. Fry over a medium-high heat for around 10 mins or until the carrots are beginning to turn dark gold. Add the barley and stir the mixture for about 2 mins, then pour in the stock.
• Drain the porcini, retaining the soaking liquor, and cut up any large bits. Add these to the pan, along with the liquor. Bring to the boil, then turn the heat down and simmer for 30 mins (it might take a bit longer) until the barley is tender. Taste for seasoning. Stir in the dill. Serve with a dollop of soured cream on top of each bowlful and crusty bread on the side.

MUSHROOM AND BARLEY SOUP

Steps:

• Heat olive oil in a large saucepan over medium heat. Cook onion, bell pepper, and garlic in hot oil until softened, about 5 minutes.
• Pour chicken broth over onion mixture; bring to a boil and reduce heat to medium low.
• Stir mixed greens, corn, pearl barley, cremini mushrooms, and carrot through the simmering stock.
• Cook until barley is tender, about 30 minutes.

VERY EASY MUSHROOM BARLEY SOUP

Steps:

• Heat the oil in a large soup pot over medium heat. Add the onion, carrots, celery and garlic; cook and stir until onions are tender and transparent. Stir in mushrooms and continue to cook for a few minutes. Pour in the chicken broth and add barley. Bring to a boil, then reduce heat to low. Cover and simmer until barley is tender, about 50 minutes. Season with salt and pepper before serving.

RUSSIAN MUSHROOM AND BARLEY SOUP

Steps:

• If using dried mushrooms, soak them in 1/2 cup of hot water for about 20 minutes.
• Slice and set aside, reserving soaking water, too.
• Put the oil in a large stockpot or Dutch oven,add 2 tablespoons of the butter and melt the butter over medium heat.
• Saute the onions and garlic, stirring occasionally, until the onions are translucent.
• Stir in the consomme and water and add the potato, celery, carrots, bay leaves, dill, barley and the reconstituted mushrooms and soaking water.
• Add salt and pepper to taste, bring the soup to the boil, reduce heat and simmer, covered, about 15 minutes (about an hour if using regular barley), until the barley is tender.
• Clean the fresh mushrooms, cut off and discard woody stem ends, and cut the smaller mushrooms in half and the larger ones into quarters.
• Melt the remaining 4 tablespoons of butter in a frying pan and saute the mushrooms until some liquid has been yielded and no raw color shows.
• Stir mushrooms and liquid into the soup and simmer 5 minutes.
• Remove and discard the bay leaves.
• Just before serving, put the sour cream in a medium bowl and stir a cup or so of hot soup into it to temper it.
• Stir the diluted sour cream into the soup and serve immediately (don't cook the sour cream), garnished if you like with strips of lemon zest.

RUSSIAN BARLEY MUSHROOM SOUP

Steps:

• Thoroughly rinse the mushrooms under cold water.
• Soak the mushrooms in the 6 cups of water for at least one hour (Ideally four to eight hours). Don't drain the water.
• Reserve the mushroom water (it will be dark in color).
• Uniformly chop the mushrooms and return to the water.
• Add the mushrooms, water, and chicken stock into a large cooking pot (7.5 qt or so).
• Bring to boil.
• Add the barley and cook until the barley is tender. This will be about 10 minutes with 'quick' barley or about 35 minutes with regular.
• While the barley is cooking, peel and cube the potatoes to about 3/4 inch cubes.
• Cut up the onions and saute them in a skillet until golden.
• Finely chop the cooked onions.
• Chop the carrots.
• Once the barley is tender, put the potatoes, carrots, onions, salt, and pepper into the pot.
• On low-med heat cook until the potatoes are done.
• When serving, add two tablespoons of sour cream and finely chopped parsley to each bowl of soup as garnish.

MUSHROOM-BARLEY SOUP

Steps:

• Soak the dried mushrooms in 1 quart hot water for 1 hour. Strain through a filter or cheesecloth. Reserve the water. Coarsely chop the dried mushrooms and set aside.
• Melt the butter in a large stockpot over medium-high heat and sauté onions and garlic until soft, about 10 minutes. Add the fresh mushrooms, celery, carrots and 4 tablespoons parsley. Cook until the carrots are tender, about 10 minutes. Add the flour and stir until blended. Stir in the mushroom soaking liquid until blended, then stir in the beef broth and 6 cups water. Stir in the barley, soaked mushrooms, 2 tablespoons salt and pepper to taste.
• Heat the soup to boiling, stirring frequently, then lower the heat, cover the pot and simmer for about 45 minutes or until the barley is tender.
• Add the remaining parsley, mix thoroughly and add more water if the soup is too thick. Adjust seasonings if necessary.

MRS. KOSTYRA'S MUSHROOM BARLEY SOUP

Steps:

• Place the mushrooms in a small bowl. Add water and let soak overnight. Transfer mushrooms and soaking liquid to a small saucepan. Cook over medium heat until the mushrooms are tender, about 40 minutes. Drain mushrooms, reserving soaking liquid. Coarsely chop mushrooms; set aside.
• Add barley to a small saucepan with 3 cups stock. Bring to a boil and let simmer until the barley is tender, about 45 minutes. Stir in butter; set aside.
• In a medium saucepan, bring the remaining 7 cups stock to a boil with the carrots, celery, and reserved mushrooms and soaking liquid. Stir in the cooked barley mixture. Season with salt and pepper.
• In a small bowl, stir together the sour cream and the flour. While stirring, slowly add 1 cup of the stock. Stir into soup with dill. Serve immediately.

DEB'S MUSHROOM & BARLEY SOUP

Steps:

• Place first 9 ingredients and 2-1/2 teaspoons salt in a 6- or 7-qt. slow cooker., In a large bowl, mix egg and remaining salt. Add turkey; mix lightly but thoroughly. Shape into 1-1/4-in. balls; drop gently into slow cooker. Cook, covered, on low until vegetables and barley are tender, 6-8 hours.

MUSHROOM AND BARLEY SOUP

Steps:

• Place the meat and a pinch of salt in a 3-to-4-quart soup pot. Add water to cover. Bring to a boil, skim the foam from the surface, cover, reduce the heat and simmer gently for one hour.
• Add the carrot, celery, onion, parsnip and/or parsley root, knob celery and parsley sprigs.
• Remove the dried mushroom caps from their soaking liquid and chop coarsely. Add to the soup. If the soaking liquid is not sandy, add it to the soup.
• Simmer for one hour, then add the barley. Simmer for 30 minutes to one hour more, or until the meat is very tender. If the soup thickens too much add a little boiling water as needed.
• Remove the meat, trim off the fat and cut in chunks or spoonsize pieces. Return to the pot. Vegetables can be diced and returned to soup or eliminated, as you prefer.
• Skim the fat from the surface of the soup. Season to taste and sprinkle in the dill if desired. Serve each portion of soup and meat with half a large (or 1 small) boiled potato.

MUSHROOM AND BARLEY SOUP

Steps:

• Separate mushroom stems from caps. Slice caps and set aside. Chop stems. Melt butter in heavy large saucepan over medium-high heat. Add mushroom stems, onion and leek and sauté until tender, about 8 minutes. Mix in chicken broth, potatoes, carrot, barley and bay leaves. Cover mixture and simmer 30 minutes. Uncover soup, add mushroom caps and continue simmering until vegetables are very tender, about 25 minutes. Season soup to taste with salt and pepper and serve.

SWISS-BARLEY MUSHROOM SOUP

Steps:

• In a 3-qt. saucepan, saute mushrooms and onion in butter until tender. With a slotted spoon, transfer mushrooms and onion to a bowl; set aside. Stir flour into pan drippings; cook over medium heat until lightly browned. Stir in water until smooth. Add barley; bring to a boil. Reduce heat; simmer, uncovered, stirring constantly, for 15 minutes or until barley is tender. Add bouillon, milk, cheese, Worcestershire sauce, parsley and pepper; cook and stir until bouillon is dissolved and cheese is melted. Add the mushroom mixture; heat through.