Comfort in a bowl. Warm yourself and your loved ones on cold days with a bowl of tasty wild mushroom soup. Taking just 5 minutes to prepare and 30 minutes to cook you could be serving up a hearty soup in no time at all.
Wild mushroom soup
Nothing beats a warming bowl of soup on a cold day. check out this recipe for wild mushroom soup from chef Daniel Farrow
Prep: 5 mins
Cook: 30 mins
Published: May 25, 2022 at 2:33 pm
Ingredients
- 25g Dried mixed wild mushrooms
- 1 Medium white onion finely chopped
- 2 Celery finely chopped
- 1tbsp Olive oil
- Salt
- 4 Garlic cloves finely chopped
- 2tbsp Dried tarragon
- 500g Chestnut mushrooms
- 100ml Dry white wine
- 450ml Vegetable stock
Method
Step 1
Rehydrate the dried mushrooms in 500ml of boiling water for about 5 minutes. Once rehydrated, strain the liquid into a jug and keep for later to add flavour to the stock.
Step 2
Add the onion and celery to a pan on a medium heat with the olive oil and a pinch of salt. Cook until the onions are translucent.
Step 3
Add the garlic and tarragon to the pan. Roughly chop the chestnut mushrooms, add to the pan and cook off for 4-5 minutes. Add the white wine and cook off the alcohol for 1-2 minutes.
Step 4
Add the rehydrated dried mushrooms along with the vegetable stock (flavoured with liquid from the rehydrated mushrooms) to the pan.
Step 5
Allow it all to simmer for 10 minutes, then blitz with a hand blender and season to taste.
Recipe and image courtesy of Daniel Farrow, owner and chef at The Gatherers, Norwich,