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Title: Cream of Mushroom Soup From Ny Times
Categories: Soups/stews, Cookbook
Yield: 6 Servings

6 tb Butter
1 md Onion, finely chopped
1/2 lb Fresh mushrooms, finely
-chopped
3 tb Flour
3 c Beef stock
1 Bay leaf
1/8 ts Freshly ground pepper
3/4 c Half-and-half

1. Melt the butter in a heavy pan. Add the onions and stir over moderate
heat until onions are transparent. Add the mushrooms and cook, stirring,
another 4 minutes.

2. Remove the mixture from the heat and blend in the flour. Add the stock
slowly, stirring constantly. Add the bay leaf and pepper.

3. Bring the mixture to a boil, reduce heat and simmer 5 minutes. Remove
the bay leaf and stir in the cream. If desired, garnish with croutons just
before serving.

>From magazine I bought at used book store: Cookbook Digest, Nov/Dec 1990.

MC formatted by Brenda Adams ; mc post 6/17/97

Recipe by: The New York Times Cookbook Posted to MC-Recipe Digest V1 #648
by Badams on Jun 22, 1997