Best Polish Mushroom Soup Recipes

POLISH MUSHROOM SOUP

Steps:

• Rinse dried mushrooms. Place mushrooms in 2 cups of cold water, and soak for at least 4 hours or overnight.
• In a large pot, bring stock to a simmer. Add celery, onions, and carrots. Strain dried mushrooms, reserving the soaking liquid. Add strained soaking liquid to soup. Chop hydrated mushrooms into 1/4-inch pieces slightly larger than diced vegetables, and add to soup. Add sliced white button mushrooms.
• Cover, and cook soup until vegetables are tender, about an hour. Bring soup to a boil. Stirring constantly, add orzo. Reduce the heat to a gentle boil, and, stirring occasionally to prevent pasta from sticking, cook until orzo is cooked through, another 6 to 8 minutes.
• Meanwhile, make a roux: Melt butter in a small saucepan over medium heat. Add flour, and cook, stirring constantly until smooth, 3 to 5 minutes. Remove 1 cup broth from soup,and add roux, whisking constantly until slightly thickened and free of lumps. Stir thickened liquid into soup. Add chopped parsley and dill.
• Finish soup with sour cream: Add 1/4 cup thickened soup to sour cream. Whisk until smooth. Add sour cream to soup, whisking constantly until it is well incorporated, about 3 minutes. Season to taste with salt and pepper.

POLISH WILD MUSHROOM SOUP

Steps:

• Cover mushrooms with cold water and soak overnight.
• Drain the mushrooms reserving the soaking liquid, strain the liquid through a fine cloth.
• Rinse the mushrooms in cold water to remove any remaining sand then slice into strips.
• Add the mushrooms, 8 cups of of the beef stock and the soaking liquid to a 3 quart saucepan, bring to a boil, reduce heat and simmer over low heat 4 hours.
• Melt the butter in a heavy skillet, add the onion, sauté until golden brown then add to the soup.
• Whisk the cornstarch with the remaining cup of beef stock, add to the soup, stir and simmer until slightly thickened.
• Season to taste with salt and pepper, ladle into individual bowls, top each with 1 tbs sour cream and sprinkle with parsley.

KRUPNIK (POLISH MUSHROOM BARLEY SOUP)

Steps:

• Soak the cepes in a little water for 15 minutes, until they soften.
• Chop all the vegetables finely in 2 batches in the food processor and put them in a pan with the barley and all the water (including the mushroom-soaking water).
• Chop the softened mushrooms in the food processor, and add them to the pot.
• Bring to the boil, remove the scum, season with plenty of salt and pepper, and simmer for 1 hour, or until the barley is very soft and plump.
• The barley will thicken the soup.
• Add water if necessary, to thin it.
• Serve with sour cream, especially if the soup was made with water instead of broth.

ZUPA GZYBOWA - POLISH MUSHROOM SOUP

Steps:

• 1. Put dried mushrooms in a pot and cover them with boiling water. Cover pot and let stand to soak until they are soft. This depends on the mushroom you use. This may take a few minutes, or maybe sometimes an hour.
• 2. After they are softened, rinse them and chop them up into diced bits, or into strips.
• 3. In your soup pot, add all mushtooms and the broth. Bring to a boil and then reduce to simmer.
• 4. In a saucepan, sautee onions in all the butter until brown and tender. Add onions and butter to the pot.
• 5. In a small bowl, mix cornstarch/flour with a ladle or two of the hot soup. Whisk until all lumps are gone. Add it all back to the soup, or strain through small strainer if you still think you have lumps left.
• 6. Stir in the sour cream. Salt and pepper to taste. Also add vegeta if you have it / if you want to. At this point, you may want more sour cream so add 8 oz instead of 4. I don't like lots of sour cream so I just do 4.
• 7. Garnish with chopped dill / parsley / pepper when serving.

"ZUPA ZE SWIEZYCH GRZYBOW" POLISH MUSHROOM SOUP

Steps:

• Wash and coarsely chop mushrooms.
• Saute over medium-low heat, covered, with lemon juice, butter, onions, and water for 20 minutes.
• Transfer to a large saucepan, add the broth (keeping 1 cup aside), and bring to a low simmer.
• Blend the sour cream with the flour and mix well.
• Blend in the 1 cup reserved stock until smooth.
• Add slowly to the pot, stirring constantly.
• Simmer for five minutes, stirring often.
• Serve garnished with chopped dill.
• The richly flavored wild mushrooms that Polish cooks used to use are difficult to find.
• You may substitute dried mushrooms for part of the fresh, reconstituted according to package directions, for richer flavor.

POLISH STYLE MUSHROOM SOUP

Steps:

• Wash and peel vegetables. Carrot and potatoes chop in to small cubes (about 5mmx5mm).
• Pour water in to a pan (sufficient to contain 4-5 portions of soup). Add chicken part (If you are vegetarian you can skip that part) and spices: salt, pepper, 2 bay leafs, few corns of pepper and allspice, you can also add a stock cube for fuller taste. Add chopped vegetables and peeled parsley. Cook about 20 minutes (until carrot and potatoes will be half soft).
• Meanwhile peel mushrooms and chop them in to small pieces (e.g. thin stripes) and stew them for few minutes on frying pan. Add to soup. Then cook another 10-15 minutes.
• To thicken a soup you can:
• - pour few spoons of hot soup in to a cup and then add few spoons of cream. Stir it quickly and to soup stir all the time. (When you thicken a soup it can't boil because cream can curdle)
• - mix few spoons of flour with water in a cup and add to the soup, wait until soup thickens
• Add salt and pepper to taste.
• Also instead of potatoes you can serve it with pasta (butterflies, twists, shells - it is entirely up to you).
• Some people don't chop carrot but grate it.
• Personally I like to eat that soup with bread.
• I hope you will enjoy that recipe
• Smacznego! Bon apetit!

POLISH MUSHROOM BARLEY SOUP

Steps:

• Soak porcini in 3 cups of very hot water.
• Put olive oil in medium saucepan; turn heat to medium-high. Add shiitakes and carrots; cook, stirring occasionally until they begin to brown, about 10 minutes. Add barley and continue to cook, stirring frequently, until it begins to brown. Sprinkle with salt and pepper.
• Remove porcini from liquid--do NOT discard the liquid. Sort thru and discard any hard bits. Add porcini to the pot. Cook, stirring for about 1 minute.
• Add bay leaf, mushroom liquid, and 3 cups additional water (or stock). Bring to a boil, then lower heat to a simmer. Cook until barley is very tender, 20-30 minutes. Taste and add more salt if necessary, plus plenty of pepper.
• Serve hot or cover and refrigerate for up to a day before reheating, adding a little more water to thin the soup if necessary.

POLISH CREAMED MUSHROOM BARLEY SOUP

Steps:

• In a 6-8 quart pot, combine 2 quarts of fresh cold water with the chopped carrots and celery; bring to a rolling boil over med-high heat.
• Add in the barley, salt, and pepper; boil for 25 minutes, until the barley is tender, adding more water if necessary.
• Meanwhile, in a large skillet, over medium heat, saute the mushrooms and onion in butter until the mushrooms exude their liquid and the liquid evaporates; do not overcook.
• Add the mushroom mixture to the barley and cook another 15 minutes, stirring often.
• Stir in the broth and return to a boil; stir in the cream; season with Maggi, salt, and pepper.
• Serve very hot in deep or wide bowls, sprinkled with parsley.

POLISH MUSHROOM SOUP

Steps:

• Pour the boiling water over the mushrooms and let soak for two hours. In a separate pot, melt the butter on medium heat. Add minced garlic, stirring constantly until fragrant and golden. Add the mushrooms and the mushroom water. Stir well. Add beef broth, white pepper, thyme and salt to taste. Note: this will taste very earthy. Stir throughly, then bring to a gentle boil. Simmer for an hour to let the flavors blend. Make your mashed potatoes. Stir in cream, let simmer five minutes more. Add salt and black pepper to taste. Divide mashed potatoes into two bowls, pour soup over mashed potatoes. Garnish with fresh parsley and a thyme sprig, or sour cream, if desired.

POLISH MUSHROOM SOUP (CHRISTMAS RECIPE)

Steps:

• To prepare the mushrooms soak them in a little water for 3 minutes then rub with your fingertips to remove any grit and rinse the mushrooms thoroughly. Place in a pot and add 250 ml/1 cup of water. Cover and bring to the boil then lower the heat and simmer for 30 minutes. (In the meantime boil the pasta according to the packet instructions).
• Remove from the heat and pour the mixture through a fine mesh sieve making sure you reserve the liquid. Chop the mushrooms finely. In a small pan heat up the butter and fry the mushrooms for 4-5 minutes stirring often.
• While the mushrooms are cooking make the broth. To the pot add the vegetables, parsley, allspice berries and vegetable stock. Cover and bring to the boil then turn the heat down and simmer for 40 minutes. Using a slotted spoon lift the vegetables out of the pot (you won't need them anymore).
• Using a fine mesh sieve pour in the liquid from cooking the mushrooms and adjust the seasoning. Add the fried mushrooms, bring the soup to the boil again and simmer, covered, for 10 minutes.
• Remove from the heat, adjust the seasoning if needed (add 1 tablespoon of soy sauce if using) and serve with the pasta and sour cream.