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Cream of Shiitake Mushroom Soup
Cream of Shiitake Mushroom Soup
- Recipe Submitted by ADMIN on 09/26/2007
Category: Vegetarian, Low Fat, Soups, Low Calorie
Ingredients List
- 1 qt Milk; whole, low-fat or skim
- 1 sm Onion; peeled and stuck with
- 2 Cloves
- 6 Whole peppercorns (or more)
- 1 pn Salt
Directions
BOUQUET GARNI
:Tie in cheesecloth,
6 Fresh parsley stems,
1/2 ts Dried leaf thyme
1/2 Bay leaf
SOUP, CON'T
4 tb Rice flour
-(or barley or oat flour)
4 tb Cold milk (about)
8 oz Shiitake mushrooms
OPTIONAL
6 tb Heavy cream
2 tb Madeira
Reserved mushroom slices
This rich, earthy soup has but 100 calories per serving if made with
non-fat milk.
PLACE THE MILK, ONION, peppercorns, salt and bouquet garni in a saucepan
and bring slowly to a boil. Form a smooth paste of the rice flour and the
cold milk. Put into the just-boiling milk and stir briskly until there are
no lumps. Simmer over very low heat for 20 minutes. Meanwhile, cut off the
tough ends of the mushroom stems. Reserve a few mushroom slices for garnish
and chop the remaining mushrooms coarsely, then place in a food processor
with a steel blade and chop as finely as possible. Strain the milk mixture
through a fine sieve back into the saucepan; add the chopped mushrooms and
continue simmering 5 minutes. Add the cream and Madeira, if you wish, and
serve in hot bowls, garnished with a slice of mushroom.
:Tie in cheesecloth,
6 Fresh parsley stems,
1/2 ts Dried leaf thyme
1/2 Bay leaf
SOUP, CON'T
4 tb Rice flour
-(or barley or oat flour)
4 tb Cold milk (about)
8 oz Shiitake mushrooms
OPTIONAL
6 tb Heavy cream
2 tb Madeira
Reserved mushroom slices
This rich, earthy soup has but 100 calories per serving if made with
non-fat milk.
PLACE THE MILK, ONION, peppercorns, salt and bouquet garni in a saucepan
and bring slowly to a boil. Form a smooth paste of the rice flour and the
cold milk. Put into the just-boiling milk and stir briskly until there are
no lumps. Simmer over very low heat for 20 minutes. Meanwhile, cut off the
tough ends of the mushroom stems. Reserve a few mushroom slices for garnish
and chop the remaining mushrooms coarsely, then place in a food processor
with a steel blade and chop as finely as possible. Strain the milk mixture
through a fine sieve back into the saucepan; add the chopped mushrooms and
continue simmering 5 minutes. Add the cream and Madeira, if you wish, and
serve in hot bowls, garnished with a slice of mushroom.
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