Title: Three Mushroom Soup
Categories: None
Yield: 8 Servings

3 oz Dried shitake or porcini
-mushrooms
5 c Cold strong vegetable stock
3 tb Olive oil
2 sm Leeks (white part only)
-thinly sliced (about 1 cup)
1 Onion thinly sliced
2 sm Potatoes, peeled and thinly
-sliced
2 Garlic cloves, minced
1 lb Fresh white cultivated
-mushrooms (or more exotic
-ones, which I prefer)
-thinly sliced
1/4 c Minced parsley
Salt
Freshly ground black pepper
3 tb Dry sherry
Enoki mushrooms for garnish

From: The Gourmet Jewish Cook by Judy Zeidler

Soak dried mushrooms in 2 cups stock for about 30 minutes., Drain mushrooms
reserving stock. Strain stock through cheesecloth or fine sieve. Combine
with remaining stock and set aside. In large saucepan, heat oil; add leeks,
onion, potato, and garlic and saute over medium heat until tender, 5-10
minutes. Add sliced mushrooms and parsley and saute for 5-10 minutes
stirring occasionally with wooden spoon. Add reserved dried mushrooms and
stock. Bring to boil partially cover and simmer 30 minutes over low-medium
heat until mushrooms are tender. Season to taste with salt and pepper.
Transfer half the soup to a food processor and puree. (I puree all the
potatoes and onions and leave all the mushrooms intact.) Return to pot and
mix well. Add sherry. Simmer until very hot. Ladle into heated soup bowls
and garnish with enoki mushrooms.

Posted to JEWISH-FOOD digest V97 #044 by Gary Wind MD
on Feb 9, 1997.