Moosewood Mushroom Barley Soup Recipes

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 425 degrees. In a roasting pan or rimmed baking sheet, toss together steak, mushrooms, shallots, and olive oil; season with salt and pepper. Arrange in a single layer and roast until beef and mushrooms are browned, about 30 minutes. Transfer to a medium pot and add broth and barley. Bring mixture to a boil over medium-high, then reduce heat and simmer until barley is soft, about 12 minutes. To serve, season to taste with salt and pepper and top with parsley, if desired.

Steps:

• Saute onions in 2 Tbsp stock, salt lightly.
• A few minutes later, add mushrooms, 1 tsp dill, 1/2 cup stock or water, soy sauce, and paprika.
• Cover and simmer 15 minutes.
• Melt butter in large saucepan.
• Whisk in flour and cook, whisking, a few minutes.
• Add milk and cook, stirring frequently, over low heat about 10 minutes - until thick.
• Stir in mushroom mixture and remaining stock.
• Cover and simmer 10-15 minutes.
• Just before serving, add salt, pepper, lemon juice, sour cream, and, if desired, extra dill (1 tsp).
• Serve garnished with parsley.

Steps:

• remove stems from mushrooms.
• slice caps and set aside.
• chop stems.
• melt butter in heavy large soup pot over medium heat.
• do not let butter brown.
• add onion, leek, carrrots, celery, and garlic.
• saute until tender, about 8 minutes, stirring constantly.
• add mushrooms, cook 2 minutes.
• add chicken stock, barley, potato, and bay leaves.
• bring to boil over high heat, reduce to low heat, cover and simmer about 35 minutes.
• season to taste with salt and pepper.
• remove bay leaves and discard.

Steps:

• Heat the oil in a large soup pot over medium heat. Add the onion, carrots, celery and garlic; cook and stir until onions are tender and transparent. Stir in mushrooms and continue to cook for a few minutes. Pour in the chicken broth and add barley. Bring to a boil, then reduce heat to low. Cover and simmer until barley is tender, about 50 minutes. Season with salt and pepper before serving.

Steps:

• In a large pot, melt butter over medium-high. Add onion, garlic, and thyme; season with salt and pepper. Saute until onion is softened, about 6 minutes. Add button mushrooms and cook until beginning to soften, about 8 minutes. Add broth, 4 cups water, and shiitake mushrooms. Bring to a boil and cook until all mushrooms are tender, 12 to 15 minutes. Add barley, reduce to a simmer, and cover. Cook until barley is tender, about 12 minutes; season with salt and pepper.

Steps:

• Cook barley in 1 1/2 cup of the stock or water until tender (cook it right in the soup kettle).
• Add remaining stock or water, tamari and sherry.
• Saute onions and garlic in butter.
• When they soften, add mushrooms and 1/2 tsp salt.
• When all is tender add to barley, being sure to include the liquid the vegetables expressed while cooking.
• Give it a generous grinding of black pepper and simmer 20 minutes, covered, over the lowest possible heat.
• Taste to correct seasoning.

Steps:

• In a heavy, 3- to 5- quart pot, combine the barley with the roasted mushroom stock or water and bring to a boil over high heat.
• Reduce the heat to low and simmer, partially covered, until the barley is tender, 35 to 45 minutes.
• In a hot sauté pan over high heat, sauté the mushrooms, onion, celery, and carrots for 1 minute, stirring constantly.
• Add the olive oil and continue sautéing over high heat, stirring to prevent browning, for 3 to 5 minutes.
• Transfer the vegetables to a large soup pot or Dutch oven and pour in the broth.
• Add the kale, dill, cooked barley, and soy sauce and cook just until the kale wilts and the soup is warmed throughout.

Steps:

• wash all vegetables under cold water. dab mushrooms with damp paper towel to clean, then remove their stems and discard. quarter-cut mushrooms. mince garlic. dice onions. cut celery into bite-sized pieces as they will reduce a bit during cooking. peel, then cut carrots into relatively thin slices. open can of corn and drain. open can of tomatoes-pour entire contents into bowl and break up tomatoes into smaller pieces (do not drain the liquid from the can, that will be used in the recipe as well).
• heat vegetable oil in large pot. add onions and garlic. cook over low heat until onions are tender.
• add carrots and celery. cook for about 5-10 minutes.
• add all remaining ingredients-except for corn, pepper and ginger. stir. bring to a boil.
• cover, reduce heat to simmer. simmer for 50 minutes. if too much water steams off, add additional water. stir occasionally.
• add corn and season with pepper and ginger to taste. simmer for an additional 5-10 minutes with cover off.