Wallys Homemade Soup Recipes

WALLY WORLD

Steps:

• Fill a highball glass three-quarters of the way with ice. Add the vodka, then fill the glass almost to the top with soda. Add the cranberry juice cocktail and stir. Garnish with a strawberry, if desired.

GRANNY'S HOMEMADE SOUP

Steps:

• Wash chicken.
• Put in large pot and cover above chicken with hot water about 1 inch.
• Open tomatoes and drain juice into pot.
• Crush tomatoes with hands and add to pot.
• Wash celery and carrots, then slice and add to pot.
• Bring to a boil and then cover and lower temp to a low boil and cook 1 hour.
• Watch to make sure liquid doesn't boil out. If it gets low add a little more water.
• Remove chicken, set aside and let cool.
• Add potatoes and cook 30 more minutes.
• After potatoes are done, take 3 or 4 chunks and smash them on the side of the pan. This will help to thicken the soup.
• Add onion, tomato SOUP (or sauce), corn and butter beans and cook about 10 minutes.
• Pull the chicken off the bone and add to pot.
• Salt and Pepper to taste now or in your own bowl. I personally think salt is a must in this soup.
• Stir and serve.
• Delicious!

WALLY'S RIB RUB

Steps:

• Stir together white sugar, brown sugar, paprika, black pepper, garlic powder, salt, chili powder, and cayenne pepper until blended. Store in an airtight container until ready to use.
• To use the rub, remove the membrane on the back of the ribs, and rub both sides of the ribs with the mixture. Don't skimp on the rub! Wrap the ribs with plastic, and refrigerate overnight. Cook the ribs slowly over indirect heat for 2 hours, basting with your favorite barbeque sauce during the last 20 minutes.

WILD MUSHROOM SOUP

Steps:

• Clean all the mushrooms before chopping (wipe with damp paper towel, or remove dirt with small mushroom brush).
• Melt butter and olive oil in soup pot on medium heat.
• Add shallot, cook until beginning to caramelize, stirring infrequently.
• Add mushrooms, thyme, salt, and pepper; cook, stirring occasionally, until mushrooms have released their liquid and liquid has mostly evaporated.
• Add broth and any soaking liquid, scraping up browned bits. Bring to a boil, reduce to simmer, and cook until mushrooms are tender. Adjust seasoning.
• Remove from heat, cool slightly. Puree soup with stand blender (in batches) or immersion blender until smooth. (Add more liquid if you want it thinner: broth or water would do.).
• Serve.
• NOTES * I used a combination of fresh mushrooms including cremini, chanterelle, hen of the woods (maitake), and beech (bunashimeji). For depth of flavor, I added some some dried shiitake mushrooms. Soak dried mushrooms in 1-2 cups hot water for 30-60 minutes before use; add the liquid with the broth (discard sediment; if using shiitakes, discard stems too, they are tough). * Instead of separating the thyme leaves, you can just tie a bunch of sprigs together and fish the bundle out before pureeing. * The original recipes suggested leaving it half-pureed and "rustic" but I found it grainy so I pureed it completely. * This soup can be made ahead. Reserve 1-2 cups broth and add it while reheating on medium-low. * This is what I did for garnish per serving. When the butter and olive oil were hot, I cooked some pretty slices of cremini and reserved them. On each serving I drizzled about 1 tsp cream, eyedroppered very few drops of truffle oil, sprinkled a couple of thyme leaves, and floated a reserved mushroom slice.