White Foam Soup Recipes

WINTER WHITE SOUP

Steps:

• Heat the butter and olive oil in a large saucepan over low heat. Stir in the garlic, shallots, and ginger, and cook until fragrant but not brown, about 5 minutes. Stir in the green onions, cauliflower, parsnip, and mushrooms, and cook and stir an additional 5 minutes. Add the pear, beans, mustard, and dill, and stir just until heated, about 1 minute.
• Stir in the wine and thyme, and turn up the heat to high. Boil, stirring constantly, until the wine is reduced by half and is syrupy, about 5 minutes. Pour in the chicken broth. Return the mixture to a boil, then reduce heat to low and simmer, partly covered, until vegetables are tender, about 20 minutes. Allow the soup to cool slightly.
• Pour the soup into a blender, filling the pitcher no more than halfway full. Hold down the lid of the blender with a folded kitchen towel, and carefully start the blender, using a few quick pulses to get the soup moving before leaving it on to puree. Puree in batches until smooth and pour into a clean pot. Alternately, you can use a stick blender and puree the soup right in the cooking pot.
• Stir in cream, and, if needed, thin with additional chicken broth; serve hot. You may wish to serve this soup the next day. It will improve in taste with time.

WHITE FOAM SOUP

Steps:

• Melt butter.
• add to flour, then the milk be degrees.
• stir thoroughly.
• boil well and add garlic celery and mace.
• barely simmer for 20-30 minutes, until soup is well flavoured.
• cool slightly and then add the yolks of the eggs.
• reheat, without boiling.
• season and add grated cheese.
• beat the egg whites to a stiff froth.
• fold half into the soup and put the rest into a hot tureen. pour the soup over and sprinkle with parsley.
• serve with fried croutons of bread.

WILD MUSHROOM SOUP WITH WHITE TRUFFLES

Steps:

• Bring 2 cups chicken stock to a boil in a medium saucepan. Place dried porcini and morel mushrooms in a medium heat-proof bowl. Pour chicken stock over mushrooms; let steep 20 minutes. Using a slotted spoon, transfer mushrooms to a plate. Pass soaking liquid through a sieve lined with a double layer of cheesecloth set over a bowl. Reserve liquid.
• Heat 1 tablespoon butter and olive oil in a medium stockpot set over medium-low heat. Add onion and garlic; sauté until translucent, about 7 minutes. Add all reserved porcini and morel mushrooms, assorted wild mushrooms, and rosemary and thyme sprigs; season with salt and pepper. Raise heat to medium high; cook until mushrooms have softened and released their liquid, about 5 minutes.
• Add remaining 4 cups chicken stock and reserved mushroom liquid; bring to a boil. Partially cover, reduce heat to medium low, and simmer 30 minutes.
• Remove and discard the herb sprigs. Working in batches, transfer the soup to the bowl of a food processor or blender, and puree until smooth.
• Return the soup to the stockpot. Add the cream and milk; bring just to a boil. Season with salt and pepper.
• In a small skillet, melt the remaining tablespoon butter. Add Hon Shimeji mushrooms, if using; cook over medium-high heat until golden brown, about 6 minutes.
• When ready to serve, divide the soup among 8 soup plates, being sure to distribute the mushrooms evenly. Using a vegetable peeler or a truffle shaver, thinly shave the white truffles over each serving.