Creamy Mushroom Soup

Total Time: 1 hr 15 mins Preparation Time: 45 mins Cook Time: 30 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 4
• 2 tablespoons butter
• 1 large onion, chopped
• 1 garlic clove, minced
• 1 lb mushroom, sliced (mixture of cremini, shitake or other wild mushrooms is nice)
• 1 ounce dried mushroom, wiped of grit (porcini or other wild mushrooms)
• 1 tablespoon dried thyme
• 3 tablespoons butter
• 3 tablespoons flour
• 1 1/2 cups chicken stock
• 2 cups milk
• 1 tablespoon worcestershire sauce
• 1/4 teaspoon tabasco sauce
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 1/4 teaspoon pepper
• 1/2 cup heavy cream
• 1 tablespoon brandy
• 2 tablespoons chopped fresh parsley

Recipe

• 1 in a large skillet.
• 2 melt 2 tbsp butter add onion.
• 3 cook 2 minutes.
• 4 add garlic cook 1 more minute.
• 5 add mushrooms and cook until lightly browned.
• 6 meanwhile soak dried mushrooms in boilng hot water about 10 minutes.
• 7 add dried mushrooms to other mushrooms.
• 8 season with dried thyme, salt & pepper and set aside.
• 9 add the mushroom soaking liquid to your stock.
• 10 now in a large sauce pan melt remaining butter.
• 11 stir in flour and cook a little until it loses its raw taste.
• 12 now wisk in stock & milk and cook 10 minutes add worcestershire & tabasco.
• 13 season to taste with salt & pepper.
• 14 reserve about 1 cup of the sauteed mushrooms for garnish.
• 15 add the rest to your milk and stock mixture.
• 16 puree this mixture.
• 17 return to stove add 1/2 cup cream and brandy.
• 18 add reserved mushrooms & chopped parsley for garnish.