Sherry Mushroom Chowder Recipes

WILD MUSHROOM SOUP WITH SHERRY

Steps:

• Place Porcini in medium bowl. Pour boiling water over. Let stand until softened, about 30 minutes. Drain, reserving soaking liquid. Strain soaking liquid through cheesecloth to remove any dirt. Coarsely chop Porcini.
• Melt butter in heavy large saucepan over medium high heat. Add onion and saute until tender, about 5 minutes. Add garlic, Shiitake and Porcini and saute until mushrooms are tender, about 5 minutes. Add Sherry and boil until almost all liquid evaporates. Add reserved soaking liquid and stock. Simmer soup 15 minutes to blend flavors. Add Enoki mushrooms and stir until heated through. Season to taste with salt and pepper. Ladle soup into bowls. Drizzle with additional Sherry and garnish with epazote, oregano or chives.

RICHARD'S SEAFOOD CHOWDER

Steps:

• In a large stockpot over medium heat, saute onion in oil and sherry, until soft. Add carrots, celery, and potato and saute 2 minutes. Add clam juice and cover. Simmer until potatoes are soft (about 15 minutes).
• Puree half of the mixture in a blender until smooth, then return to stock pot.
• Add tomato paste, cayenne, milk, half and half, shrimp, and scallops. Bring to boil, lower heat to simmer, and cook for 5 minutes. Taste for seasoning and add salt and pepper, if desired.

SHERRY AND GARLIC MUSHROOMS

Steps:

• Heat the oil in a large skillet over medium-high heat. Be sure the mushrooms are completely dry. Add the mushrooms and saute undisturbed (do not stir) until the liquid released by the mushrooms evaporates and they turn golden brown, about 5- 8 minutes. Stir and continue to saute until most sides are browned, about 4-5 more minutes.
• Reduce the heat to medium and add the minced garlic to the pan. Cook about 30-45 seconds.
• Add the sherry, stir and saute about a minute.
• Add the lemon zest and juice, red pepper flakes, salt, pepper and stir about 30-45 seconds. Remove the pan from the heat and top with fresh parsley. Taste and season if needed. Serve warm.

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.

PORK CHOPS IN SHERRY-MUSHROOM GRAVY

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
• Heat oil in a frying pan over medium-high heat. Season pork chops with salt and pepper and coat in flour. Brown pork chops on both sides, 3 to 5 minutes, and transfer to a baking dish.
• Melt butter in the same frying pan and cook mushrooms until tender, scraping the bottom of the pan, 5 to 7 minutes. Season with salt and pepper. Add mushroom soup and sherry; stir gravy until well incorporated.
• Pour gravy over pork chops in the baking dish. Cover with aluminum foil.
• Bake in the preheated oven until chops are no longer pink in the center and an instant-read thermometer inserted into the center reads 145 degrees F (63 degrees C), about 35 minutes. Remove aluminum foil, stir gravy, and top pork chops with mozzarella cheese.
• Return to the hot oven and bake until cheese is melted, 3 to 5 minutes more.

MUSHROOM CHOWDER

Steps:

• Melt butter in saucepan over medium heat.
• Add mushrooms, onion and garlic.
• Cook about 5 minutes until mushrooms are tender.
• Stir in potatoes, carrot and water.
• Bring to a boil, reduce heat to low, simmer about 10 minutes until potatoes are tender Add corn, milk,and pepper.
• Increase heat to high, cook until chowder is done stirring occasionally, about 5 minutes.