Wednesday, March 12, 2014
Creamy Mushroom Soup
- 1pound mixed mushrooms, cleaned, stems separated from caps
- 1pound cremini mushrooms, cleaned, stems separated from caps
- .5cups minced shallot
- 6sprigs thyme
- 1sprig rosemary
- .25cups cognac
- 3tablespoons olive oil
- Salt & Pepper
- 4cups rich homemade chicken stock
- .25cups whipping cream
- .25cups chopped chives
- Rough chop the mushroom stems and simmer them, covered, in the chicken broth for about an hour.
- In the meantime, heat the oil in a large skillet, and saute the shallots until transparent. Add the herbs and salt & pepper liberally.
- Beautifully and precisely chop the mushroom caps into a 1/2" dice. Add them to the shallots as they are chopped. Keep the heat very low and cook gently until the mushroom liquid is released and reabsorbed. Shake the pan so they don't stick. Remove the thyme and rosemary.
- Turn up the heat and add the cognac. Flame it if you're feeling really chef-y. Cook the mushroom cap/shallot mixture down (after cognac) until well reduced and starting to turn a little golden on the edges.
- Strain the mushroom stems from the chicken broth.
- Add the beautiful mushroom cap and shallot mixture to the strained broth and heat gently.
- Swirl in the cream and chives and serve. Or serve in small sipping cups topped with chives and lightly whipped cream, if you want to get fancy.
# posted by Chelsea @ 11:22 AM 
