Food And Wine Sausage And Mushroom Soup Recipes

Steps:

• Soak the porcini mushrooms in warm water to cover for at least 15 minutes. Meanwhile, prick the sausages all over with a fork and cook them in a large skillet in the oil until well-browned on all sides. Drain on paper towels when done.
• In a heavy casserole, saute the onion and the garlic in two tablespoons of butter until soft. Sprinkle on the flour and cook for a minute, stirring, without burning.
• Add the tomatoes, wine and chicken stock. Season to taste, cover and simmer for 15 minutes. Add the sausages and simmer another 15 minutes, or until you are sure they are cooked.
• Slice the mushrooms and saute them in the remaining butter in a separate skillet. Season with salt and pepper and add to the sausages. Cook, uncovered, over low heat for 10 minutes, stirring occasionally. Correct seasonings and serve.

Steps:

• Heat oven to 375ºF.
• Crumble sausage into large skillet sprayed with cooking spray. Cook on medium-high heat until sausage is evenly browned, stirring frequently; drain. Return sausage to skillet. Add onions and mushrooms; cook 5 min. or until mushroom liquid is cooked off, stirring occasionally. Spoon into large bowl.
• Add potatoes, soup, sour cream and 1 cup cheese; mix lightly. Spoon into 13x9-inch baking dish sprayed with cooking spray; top with remaining cheese.
• Bake 40 to 45 min. or until heated through.

Steps:

• In a large saucepan, cook sausage over medium heat until no longer pink; drain. Add the remaining ingredients. Bring to a boil. Reduce heat; cover and simmer for 10 minutes or until vegetables and barley are tender.

Steps:

• Place dried porcini in a 1-cup measuring cup, and fill with hot water. Set aside.
• In a medium saucepan, combine potatoes, 1 3/4 cups wine, bay leaf and salt. Place over high heat to bring to a boil. Reduce heat to low, cover, and allow to simmer until potatoes are tender, about 25 minutes.
• Meanwhile, place a large soup pot over medium heat, and add oil. When hot, add onion and saute until softened, about 5 minutes. Add garlic, and stir for about 30 seconds. Drain porcini, straining and reserving liquid.
• Chop porcini and add to onion mixture. Add portobello mushrooms, cremini mushrooms, button mushrooms, butter and thyme. Stir until mushrooms begin to give off liquid and look less dry, about 10 minutes. When potatoes are tender, add them and their cooking liquid to pan of mushrooms. Add porcini soaking liquid and 1 cup water. Bring to a simmer, cover, and cook gently for 20 minutes.
• Allow soup to cool slightly. Working in batches, use a blender to puree soup. Return soup to a pan on medium-low heat, and add remaining 1/4 cup wine and the milk. Reheat just until soup is steaming; do not boil. To serve, place portions in bowls and garnish each with a squiggle of heavy cream and a sprinkling of parsley.

Steps:

• The night before baking, prepare the casserole and the next morning prepare the topping and bake.
• Place torn bread in 9x13 baking dish. Top bread with browned and drained sausage and mushrooms. Sprinkle shredded cheese over the sausage and bread.
• Mix 2 cups milk, eggs, and mustard. Pour egg mixture over the cheese and sausage.
• Refrigerate overnight.
• Before baking, preheat the oven to 350 degrees. Mix the 10 3/4 oz can of cream of mushroom soup with 1/2 cup milk and pour over the casserole before baking.
• Bake 1 to 1-1/2 hours in 350 degree oven.

Steps:

• Put your sausage in the freezer until firm enough to cut, usually about 45 minutes, slice into 1/4 slices In a large dutch oven, heat olive oil and brown both sides of sausage slices.
• Depending on your pan you may need to do it in several batches.
• Remove sausage from pot and place in a paper towel lined bowl to drain.
• place chopped onion in hot sausage fat, salt and stir occasionally until tender and fragrant, add garlic and stir for another 2 minutes.
• Add remaining chopped vegetables and herbs and more salt.
• Continue to stir until veggies are coated in fat and have started to give off their liquid.
• There should be enough moisture in the veggies to cause the pan to deglaze.
• Add tomato and stir for a couple minutes.
• Add browned sausage, stock and water, bring to a rolling boil and reduce heat to maintain.
• Cook for 15 minutes, or until celery and carrots are tender.
• Add lentils and cook until al dente, 15-20 minutes longer.
• Don't over cook the lentils, they will finish cooking the last few in the bowl.
• Serve with a grating of fresh Parmesan and crusty bread.