Uncle Bill's French Mushroom Soup
"The original recipe appeared on Mushrooms Canada website. I made some changes to enhance the soup. This is easy to make and has a very pleasant mushroom flavor."
photo by BrittanyS
- Ready In:
- 42mins
- Ingredients:
- 14
- Serves:
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8
ingredients
- 10 ounces fresh button mushrooms, thinly sliced
- 6 ounces fresh cremini mushrooms, thinly sliced
- 1⁄4 cup butter
- 1⁄3 cup all-purpose flour
- 4 cups chicken broth
- 3 cups water
- 3 tablespoons chicken soup base or 3 chicken bouillon cubes
- 1⁄2 teaspoon dried thyme leaves
- 1 large bay leaf
- 1⁄4 cup scallion, finely chopped
- 2 large egg yolks
- 1⁄2 cup whipping cream, 35%
- 1⁄2 teaspoon white pepper
- 4 tablespoons minced fresh parsley (to garnish)
directions
- Rinse both mushrooms in cold water and immediately pat dry with paper towels.
- Cut mushrooms into quarters and then slice thinly, 1/8 inch thick.
- In a large heavy bottom soup pot, melt butter on medium heat.
- Add mushrooms and saute for 5 to 6 minutes or until liquid from the mushrooms has mostly evaporated.
- Sprinkle flour over mushrooms and cook for 1 minute, stirring often.
- Gradually stir in chicken broth, water and chicken soup base and bring to boil, about 5 minutes, stirring often so the bottom does not burn.
- Add thyme, bay leaf and green onions.
- Reduce heat, cover and simmer for 20 minutes.
- Remove bay leaf and discard.
- In a mixing bowl, whisk together egg yolks and whipping cream.
- Slowly add 1 cup of hot broth mixture from the soup pot to the egg/cream mixture, whisking constantly until incorporated. This prevents the egg yolks from cooking.
- Return mixture to the soup pot, adding slowly and whisking all the time while adding.
- Heat over low heat until hot, about 5 minutes.
- Add white pepper to taste.
- Serve soup sprinkled with minced parsley.
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Reviews
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Very good soup. I used Swiss Brown Mushrooms as it's the only thing I have (roughly chopped), scaled the recipe down to 4servings and followed everything else. The one and only changes that I made was I added 1/2 teaspoon of garlic powder in it. Thank you very much, Uncle Bill! :-) -
Great soup. Perfect on a cold day. All you need is some croutons, and you're good to go. Thank you. -
This was pretty tasty but next time I think I'll puree it; I wasn't a fan of the chewy pieces of mushroom. Also, I accidentally skipped the tempering of the egg/cream mixture so there were little lumps of cooked egg in my soup which i had to spend 10 minutes fishing out. Tasted great though! -
This was a real delicious soup. Very creamy with a fantastic flavor. I made it last night for my lunch tomorrow. So quick to put together with a wonderful aroma. I made it as written except I couldn't find cremini and used button and bella mushrooms and I just roughly chopped them up. Thanks Uncle Bill for your recipe. -
I just made this recipe, one word to you....AWESOME!! I did add 1tbsp of crushed garlic when I added the scallions. I used 16oz of fresh mushrooms, no crimini. I omitted the bay leaf, and substituted 1 tbsp of chicken base with beef since this is all I had on hand. I also substituted 1 of the cups of water with milk. Still turned out splendid. I will be saving this one to make again and again, thanks for posting!!
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I just made this recipe, one word to you....AWESOME!! I did add 1tbsp of crushed garlic when I added the scallions. I used 16oz of fresh mushrooms, no crimini. I omitted the bay leaf, and substituted 1 tbsp of chicken base with beef since this is all I had on hand. I also substituted 1 of the cups of water with milk. Still turned out splendid. I will be saving this one to make again and again, thanks for posting!!
RECIPE SUBMITTED BY
William Uncle Bill
Burnaby,, B.C.
I live in Burnaby, British Columbia. I am retired and have written a cookbook entitled, From Uncle Bill's Kitchen. I am a recipe developer, author, publisher, distributor and a chef. My cookbook is very unique as I have a Nutrient Analysis for each ingredient used in each recipe that shows you the values for Calories, Fat, Cholesterol and Sodium. A high-lighted bar shows the values on a per serving basis plus the Fat/Cal%.
From Uncle Bill's Kitchen contains tried-and-true, tested, easy to follow reipes for both novice and experienced cooks. You'll find old Russian, Ukrainian, and other ethnic favorites, along with modern West Coast dishes. The Nutrient Analysis will please the health conscious. Uncle Bill's favorite recipes will reward efforts of the most creative cook and provide the family with many tantalizing, healthful meals.
I have appeared on 48 various Television Shows in Vancouver, Burnaby, Kelowna and Kamploops, B.C. Canada, as well as in Palm Springs, CA. In Palm Springs, CA, I have been a Guest on the JACKIE OLDEN RADIO SHOW and THE JOEY ENGLISH RADIO SHOW, twice a year since 1998. I also do demo cooking shows at CHAPTERS BOOK STORES, SAVE-ON-FOOD STORES, GALLOWAY'S FOODS, WESTMINSTER PUBLIC QUAY MARKET, and in the U.S. at BARNES & NOBLE BOOKSTORES in Palm Springs, CA, Phoenix and Yuma, AZ.
I was in Palm Springs, CA from June 10th to July 14th. 2002 and again appeared twice on the Jackie Olden Show, twice on the Joey English Show and pre-taped a TV COOKING SHOW with Jackie Olden that is aired on TV from Palm Springs, CA to Los Angeles, CA.
