Thread: Sheldon's Dried Mushroom Soup

On Fri, 16 Dec 2011 15:18:09 -0500, Goomba <[email protected]>
wrote:

>Years ago you shared a recipe for a mushroom soup. I have found a
>wonderful, fairly inexpensive source for various dried mushrooms from my
>favorite Asian store. I just can't find your recipe
>
>Would you please share it again? Thanks in advance!
>Goomba

How many years ago? It could have been any recipe I had found with a
search. But dried mushrooms can be used in any mushroom soup. The
soup I make most often that contains mushrooms is beef barley
mushroom... in fact I plan to make that next as I already did my pea
soup. This time I am going to use a 50/50 blend of barley and wild
rice. I never follow a recipe the same way twice, a recipe is just a
guide. This is the recipe I wrote up years ago, feel free to refer to
it and alter it however you like, that's what I do considering
available ingredients on my palete, the pot being my canvas.

Beef Barley Soup w/'Shrooms

Use 10 quart SS pot.
Brown 2 lbs. beef bones + 1 lb. diced beef chuck (1/2" dice).
Add 2 lg. diced onions - lightly saute.
Add 6 quarts cold water.
Add 1 lb. barley - rinsed.
Add 3 bay leaves
Add 1/4 cup chopped parsely stems - reserve leaves for garnish.
Bring to boil - lower heat - partialy cover -
simmer 2 hours - add water as needed.
Add 2 lbs. sliced 'Shrooms (mushrooms) - simmer 1/2 hour more.
Add 1 cup each, diced carrots and celery - simmer until tender (1/2
hr.).
Remove bones, and bay leaves.
Season to taste w/salt & pepper.
Serve with chopped parsely leaves as garnish.
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