Magic Cèpe Mushroom Soup Recipes

Steps:

• For the Cèpe Mushroom Powder:
• Coarsely chop the dried mushrooms or cut them into pieces with scissors. Working in batches, grind them to a fine powder in the spice mill. [Makes 1/2 cup (8 tablespoons) powder.]
• For the soup:
• If time permits, combine the cream and 2 tablespoons mushroom powder in a jar, seal, and refrigerate for 24 hours to infuse the cream with the mushroom flavor and aroma. (Alternatively, combine the cream and mushroom powder in the heavy-duty saucepan, bring just to a simmer, cover, remove from the heat, and set aside for 30 minutes to infuse the cream.)
• At serving time, in heavy-duty saucepan, combine the infused cream, salt, and stock and bring to a gentle simmer over medium heat. Remove from the heat and taste for seasoning.
• Serve in the warmed soup bowls, garnished with chives and a drizzle of oil.
• Do Ahead
• The soup can be prepared up to 3 days in advance and stored in airtight containers in the refrigerator.
• Variations:
• Add sliced raw domestic or wild mushrooms to the soup and cook for several minutes; add grilled, sliced fresh cèpes or domestic mushrooms; add truffle matchsticks at serving time.

Steps:

• Melt butter in a large soup pot over medium-high heat; cook mushrooms in butter with 1 pinch salt until the mushrooms give off their juices; reduce heat to low. Continue to cook, stirring often, until juices evaporate and the mushrooms are golden brown, about 15 minutes. Set aside a few attractive mushroom slices for garnish later, if desired. Mix onion into mushrooms and cook until onion is soft and translucent, about 5 more minutes.
• Stir flour into mushroom mixture and cook, stirring often, for 2 minutes to remove raw flour taste. Tie thyme sprigs into a small bundle with kitchen twine and add to mushroom mixture; add garlic cloves. Pour chicken stock and water into mushroom mixture. Bring to a simmer and cook for 1 hour. Remove thyme bundle.
• Transfer soup to a blender in small batches and puree on high speed until smooth and thick.
• Return soup to pot and stir in cream. Season with salt and black pepper and serve in bowls, garnished with reserved mushroom slices and a few thyme leaves.

Steps:

• To make the stock, preheat the oven to 400 degrees farenheit. Put the chicken wings, onion and leek in a roasting pan and roast in the oven for about 23 min until golden brown. Discard any residual fat in the pan and pour 350ml/ 12fl oz/ 1 1/2 cups of the water. Place the pan on top of the stove and bring the liquid to the boil, stirring all the time to incorporate the residue on the bottoom of the pan.
• Transfer both the chicken and pan juices to a clean pan. Top up with the remaining water and add the vegetables. Bring to the boil then reduce the heat and simmer for 40 min minutes to 1 hour. Strain the juices into a jug. (This should yield about 1 litre / 4 cups of stock.
• To make the soup, heat the butter in a large pan, add the leek, shallot and mushrooms and fry until the beginning to soften. Stir in the flour and cook over low heat for 30 seconds. Add about 1/3 of the stock and, stirring all the time bring to the boil. Reduce the heat and simmer for 3-4 minutes, then add the remaining stock. Season the soup to taste with salt and pepper.
• Stir the cream and chopped parsley into the soup and heat gently. Pour into individual serving bowls and serve hot.

Steps:

• Sprinkle the mushrooms with lemon juice. In a food processor, coarsely chop them.
• Melt the butter in a heavy saucepan and lightly saute the shallots. Add the mushrooms, thyme, and bay leaf and saute over moderate heat for 10 minutes, or until the liquid disappears. Add the salt, pepper, cream, and chicken stock and bring to a boil. Reduce the heat and simmer for 20 minutes.
• Add the cornstarch to the soup and continue to simmer 10 minutes longer, stirring constantly. Correct seasoning to taste.
• Serve in warm bowls. Sprinkle with minced parsley.

Steps:

• Place chicken in pot, cover with cold, good-tasting water.
• Rough chop 1 onion (including skin), 1 parsnip, 1 turnip, 2 carrots and add to stock pot.
• Add garlic, ginger and salt& pepper.
• Bring all ingredients to a boil then reduce to a simmer.
• Simmer stock for at least 2 hours, skimming any scum that rises to the top.
• The longer you cook this, the better it tastes.
• You can make the stock in a crockpot for 6-8 hours on low.
• Remove vegetables and discard.
• Remove chicken and debone.
• Strain stock and taste for seasoning.
• Add salt as necessary.
• Chop remaining parsnip, turnip, onion, and carrots into bite-size chunks and drop into simmering stock.
• Replace deboned chicken.
• You can reserve some for another recipe, but I usually use all of it.
• Add egg noodles.
• Cook for an additional 10 minutes or until egg noodles are tender.
• Add dill and parsley at the very end of the cooking process.