Cream of wild mushroom soup

Cream of wild mushroom soup

This rich and filling dish is the perfect way to use up end-of-season mushrooms on the cheap

Difficulty and servings

Easy

Serves 4

Preparation and cooking times

Preparation time

Prep 30 mins

Cook time

Cook 40 mins

Vegetarian Freezable

Vegetarian

Method

  1. Bring a kettle to the boil, then pour the water over the dried porcini just to cover. Heat half the butter in a saucepan, then gently sizzle the onion, garlic and thyme for 5 mins until softened and starting to brown. Drain the porcini, reserving the juice, then add to the onion with the mixed wild mushrooms. Leave to cook for 5 mins until they go limp. Pour over the stock and the reserved juices, bring to the boil, then simmer for 20 mins. Stir in crème fraîche, then simmer for a few mins more. Blitz the soup with a hand blender or liquidiser, pass through a fine sieve, then set aside.
  2. Heat the remaining butter in a frying pan, fry the bread cubes until golden, then drain on kitchen paper. To serve, heat the soup and froth up with a hand blender, if you like. Ladle the soup into bowls, scatter over the croûtons and chives and drizzle with truffle oil.
Try

Why not try?

Mixed wild mushrooms are delicious seasoned and fried in olive oil or butter, then piled onto buttered toast and topped with a poached egg.

Per serving

347 kcalories, protein 8g, carbohydrate 20g, fat 27 g, saturated fat 16g, fibre 4g, sugar 5g, salt 0.89 g

Recipe from Good Food magazine, October 2007.

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  • 22 May 2011

    KatyCooks rated and commented on this recipe

    5 stars

    Utterly delicious!

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  • 24 June 2011

    vlbness rated and commented on this recipe

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    Delicious soup - extremely easy and the final product is creamy and scrummy! However, i just used button mushrooms and it worked fine, i will certainly make it again!

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  • 10 August 2011

    JimBob rated and commented on this recipe

    5 stars

    Didn't have any dried porcini, wild mushrooms or chives and truffle oil. Just used standard mushrooms and it was still divine. Whole family agreed we could have had it for lunch, tea and supper! Superb!

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  • 12 August 2011

    kasia rated this recipe

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  • 18 September 2011

    Yes Chef rated and commented on this recipe

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    Made it with some large portabello mushrooms and fried up some parmesan/sundried tomato bread croutons - lovely.

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  • 23 September 2011

    Smithso commented on this recipe

    This is a lovely soup!! I didn't use the Truffle Sauce at the end but it certainly didn't take anything away from the taste! I used normal mushrooms as opposed to the Wild. At another time, I used the full pack of Porcini (40g) instead of the 25g which gave a fuller strength of Mushroom and was still good :)

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  • 24 September 2011

    squizz rated this recipe

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    04 October 2011

    jan commented on this recipe

    Really nice, would definitely recommend this, flavours were extremely nice, and will make it again

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  • 07 November 2011

    Rose Qd rated and commented on this recipe

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    Yummy!

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  • 17 November 2011

    seccles commented on this recipe

    This is really simple to do (i'm not very good at cooking) and tasted really nice. I added a little extra crem fresh as it's wasn't as creamy as i like. Will be doing this one again. Really nice flavours and our two year old loved it as well "nnniiiiccceee".

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  • 17 November 2011

    seccles rated this recipe

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  • 31 December 2011

    notthebestchef rated and commented on this recipe

    5 stars

    Great soup! Made this last night and it went down very well. Couldn't get the wild mushrooms so used all Chestnut and Porcini. Also made it with half fat Creme Fraiche which might have effected the flavour, so after a taste test was a bit naughty and added a bit dollop of double cream :) Forgot the truffle oil to drizzle but will do this when I have the left overs for lunch later. Anyway, it was delicious. Unfortunatley the same cannot be said for the home made bread I attempted which resembled a house brick. You win some, lose some!!

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  • 02 January 2012

    slgingell rated and commented on this recipe

    5 stars

    Really creamy and tasty! Very easy to make- I didn't use the truffle oil to serve as thought it was lovely as it was. Like others I also did not sieve the soup after liquidising as I thought the texture was good anyway! Will definitely make again!

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  • 03 January 2012

    pollypoptart commented on this recipe

    I've made this one before - without the porcini and with normal button mushrooms, but i was really impressed all the same!

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  • 16 January 2012

    Michelle F rated and commented on this recipe

    4 stars

    My husband and I enjoyed this soup. I used a third of a pot of half fat creme fraiche instead of cream which was more than enough to make the soup delicious.

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  • 16 January 2012

    Michelle F commented on this recipe

    My husband and I enjoyed this soup. I used a third of a pot of half fat creme fraiche instead of cream which was more than enough to make the soup delicious.

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  • 19 January 2012

    Ann-Marie commented on this recipe

    Friends arriving for Sunday lunch....oh dear forgot starter....had mushrooms and basic ingredients needed for this. What a success, absolutely delicious and so very easy to make and impress!

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  • 21 January 2012

    Vikabe rated and commented on this recipe

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    First mushroom soup I've tried - couldn't find any ceps in my local shops so left it out and it still tasted lovely!

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  • 03 February 2012

    Dizzy13 commented on this recipe

    Rich and creamy, perfect for a cold day. I couldn't get hold f wild mushrooms, so instead mixed mini portobellos and oyster mushrooms instead lovely

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  • 16 February 2012

    Jayne commented on this recipe

    Very nice, will certainly make again.

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Difficulty and servings

Easy

Serves 4

Preparation and cooking times

Preparation time

Prep 30 mins

Cook time

Cook 40 mins

Vegetarian Freezable

Vegetarian

Ingredients

  • 25g dried porcini (ceps)
  • 50g butter
  • 1 onion , finely chopped
  • 1 garlic clove , sliced
  • thyme sprigs
  • 400g mixed wild mushrooms
  • 850ml vegetable stock
  • 200ml tub crème fraîche
  • 4 slices white bread , about 100g, cubed
  • chives and truffle oil, to serve
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Per serving

347 kcalories, protein 8g, carbohydrate 20g, fat 27 g, saturated fat 16g, fibre 4g, sugar 5g, salt 0.89 g

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