Mushroom Bisque Soup Recipes

MOREL MUSHROOM BISQUE

Steps:

• Melt the butter in a large pot over medium heat. Stir in the garlic, onion, and morels; cook, stirring frequently, until the onions have softened and turned translucent, about 5 minutes. Stir in chicken soup base and flour; cook for 1 to 2 minutes. Pour in water and cream; bring to a simmer, and cook 5 minutes.
• Puree half of the soup in small batches, filling the blender no more than halfway full each time. Return soup puree to pot. Cook on low 10 to 15 minutes. Season with thyme and salt and pepper before serving.

MUSHROOM BISQUE

Steps:

• Wash mushrooms and remove stems.
• Slice 6 of the mushroom caps and reserve.
• Discard any dried ends from stems.
• Grind or chop remaining mushroom caps and stems very fine.
• Add chopped mushrooms and chopped onion to broth and simmer for 30 minutes.
• Saute the reserved sliced caps in 1 Tablespoon of the butter and reserve for garnishing.
• Melt remaining butter in a small saucepan, add the flour and stir whisk until blended.
• Meanwhile, bring milk to a boil and add to the butter-flour mixture, stirring vigorosly with the whisk until sauce is smooth and thick.
• Add the cream and stir again.
• Combine the mushroom-broth mixture with the sauce and season to taste with salt, pepper and tabasco sauce.
• Reheat and add sherry just before serving.
• Garnish with reserved sauteed mushrooms.

MUSHROOM BISQUE

Steps:

• In a large saucepan, saute the mushrooms, onion and parsley in butter until tender. Stir in flour until blended; gradually add broth. Bring to a boil; cook and stir for 2 minutes or until thickened. Cool slightly. , Transfer to a blender; cover and process until pureed. Return to pan. Stir in sour cream; heat through, stirring occasionally (do not boil).

CHEF JOHN'S CREAMY MUSHROOM SOUP

Steps:

• Melt butter in a large soup pot over medium-high heat; cook mushrooms in butter with 1 pinch salt until the mushrooms give off their juices; reduce heat to low. Continue to cook, stirring often, until juices evaporate and the mushrooms are golden brown, about 15 minutes. Set aside a few attractive mushroom slices for garnish later, if desired. Mix onion into mushrooms and cook until onion is soft and translucent, about 5 more minutes.
• Stir flour into mushroom mixture and cook, stirring often, for 2 minutes to remove raw flour taste. Tie thyme sprigs into a small bundle with kitchen twine and add to mushroom mixture; add garlic cloves. Pour chicken stock and water into mushroom mixture. Bring to a simmer and cook for 1 hour. Remove thyme bundle.
• Transfer soup to a blender in small batches and puree on high speed until smooth and thick.
• Return soup to pot and stir in cream. Season with salt and black pepper and serve in bowls, garnished with reserved mushroom slices and a few thyme leaves.

MUSHROOM AND BRIE BISQUE

Steps:

• 1. Cut mushrooms into small pieces.
• 2. Cut Brie into several pieces.
• 3. Place water and bouillion or broth in large sauce pan. Add mushrooms, Brie, and pepper. Heat until bubbling but not boiling then reduce heat to medium and simmer for 20 minutes.
• 4. Using an immersable blender (or regular b lender) blend contents from saucepan until smooth.
• 5. In a bowl, combine sour cream and 2 large spoonfuls of hot liquid, stir until blended, repeat.
• 6. Add sour cream mixture to remaining hot liquid while the belnder is running.
• 7. Return contents of blender to sauce pan and heat on low heat for 5 minutes and then serve.
• Optional: Additional ingrediaents such as chicken, broccoli, etc. can be added after blending if fully cooked.