Title: Cream of Mushroom Soup
Categories: Soups
Yield: 6 Servings

4 tb Unsalted butter
4 tb Olive oil
2 sm Onions; diced
2 lb Mushrooms; sliced
1 tb Quick-mixing flour;eg Wondra
Salt & black pepper to taste
1 c Beef stock
2 c Half-and-half
1/2 c Dry vermouth
12 ds Bitters

1. Melt butter with oil in large pot over medium heat. Add onions and
mushrooms. Cook, stirring occasionally, until tender, 10 minutes.

2. Sprinkle flour, salt and pepper over onions and mushrooms; stir well.
Cook 1 minute. Slowly add stock, stirring until smooth. Add half-and-half,
vermouth and bitters. Reduce to low heat; simmer gently 10 minutes. Adjust
seasoning and serve hot.

By Caroline Van Cleave, who "counts on this creamy, rich soup to tame the
bluster of fall days. She usually uses button mushrooms although a handful
of wild mushrooms can be added to the mix." She serves this at Northwestern
University tailgate parties.

Printed in the Chicago Tribune, September 18, 1996.
Posted to MM-Recipes Digest V3 #259

Date: Sun, 22 Sep 1996 01:10:00 +0000

From: Linda Place