Cream of Mushroom Soup

Day 174

Cream of mushroom has been a favorite of mine all my life. Plus, it's one of those foods that serves as an ingredient in so many other dishes. Some of the things we like to use cream of mushroom soup in are pasta and rice casseroles, potato scallop and green bean casserole.

Cream of Mushroom Soup

Cream of Mushroom Soup

I made a double batch of this soup today. I make it a lot, but I don't think I posted the directions for it yet.

Ingredients
28 oz organic white mushrooms
8 oz shitake mushrooms
4 oz portobello mushrooms
2 yellow onions
1 shallot
2 tbsp butter
1/4 tsp nutmeg
1/4 tsp black pepper
1/2 tsp salt
2 boxes vegetable broth
2 cups coffee cream

Directions
You can make this with any kind of mushrooms. I got a bunch of different kinds each of which contribute in their own way: Shitake for health. White mushrooms for bulk. Portobello for flavor.

Packaged mushrooms

Portobello mushrooms

Shitake mushrooms

Organic white mushrooms

Minced shallot

Wash and chop the mushrooms and onions and sauté them in the butter and seasonings in a large pot until most of the liquid is cooked out. Tip: Salting them will quicken this process.

Mushrooms & onions sautéing

Set aside about 1 1/2 cup of the mushroom/onion mixture.

Add the remaining mushroom/onion mixture to the blender in batches, adding a cup or two of the veggie broth with each batch. Return the pureed mushrooms to the soup pot, and add the reserved mushrooms and the rest of the vegetable broth.

Mushroom soup (before adding cream)

Heat until it comes to a boil, then turn heat to low and add the coffee cream.

Cream of mushroom soup

If you like canned cream of mushroom soup, you'll love this stuff.

We served some of this soup with wheat rolls. The rest will be used for the above-mentioned casseroles, etc later this week.

Cream of mushroom soup with roll

Reviews/Comments

I give this a 10. Laura gives it a 9. She thought the shitakes should all have been pureed (none reserved) because they're a bit tougher than the other kinds.