Best Sherried Mushroom Soup Recipes

SHERRIED CREAM OF PORTOBELLO MUSHROOM SOUP

Steps:

• Quarter and thinly slice mushrooms and chop onion. In a heavy saucepan cook mushrooms and onion in butter over moderate heat, stirring occasionally, until softened and any liquid mushrooms give off is evaporated. Add water and cream and simmer 15 minutes. In a blender purée half of mixture (use caution when blending hot liquids) and stir purée, Sherry, and salt and pepper to taste into mixture remaining in pan. Heat soup until hot and stir in chives.

SHERRIED BRIE AND PORCINI MUSHROOM SOUP

Steps:

• Trim the rind from the brie and then roughly tear it into 2-inch pieces. (It is easy to trim if you first place the cheese in the freezer for 30 minutes or until it is sufficiently hard.) Set aside.
• In a small saucepan, reduce the sherry over medium-high heat to 1 cup. Set aside.
• in a medium stockpot over medium-high heat, melt the butter. Add the mushrooms, shallots, and lemon juice and cook 4 minutes, stirring constantly. Remove from the heat, add the flour, and stir until the flour is fully incorporated.
• Return the mixture to heat and add the beef broth and reserved sherry. Raise the heat to high and bring the mixture to a boil. Reduce the heat and simmer for 15 minutes.
• Add the trimmed Brie, stirring until the cheese has melted. Add the half and half and pepper and continue to simmer without boiling for 5 minutes.
• ladle the soup into separate bowls and garnish each with 1 to 2 tablespoons of the chives.

SHERRIED MUSHROOM SOUP

Steps:

• In a saucepan melt butter with oil over moderate heat until foam subsides and sauté shallots and mushrooms over moderately high heat, stirring, until liquid mushrooms give off is evaporated and mushrooms begin to brown. Add Sherry and boil until evaporated. Stir in broth and simmer 15 minutes, or until mixture is reduced to about 2 1/2 cups. Stir in chives or scallion greens and season soup with salt and pepper.

SHERRIED MUSHROOM SOUP

Steps:

• To prepare broth, melt butter in a Dutch oven over medium heat.
• Add thyme and shallots; cook 10 minutes or until shallots are golden brown.
• Stir in broth and porcini mushrooms; bring to a boil.
• Reduce heat; simmer, uncovered, 1 hour.
• Stain broth mixture through a sieve into a bowl; discard solids.
• Return broth mixture to pan.
• Stir in shiitake mushrooms and sherry; cook 10 minutes over low heat.
• Stir in chives.
• Serve immediately.