Grilled steak topped with ceps
Learn how to make this versatile mushroom topping, good simply spread on toast and grilled as well as atop steak, as it is here
Creamy mushroom soup
- Preparation and cooking time
- Prep:
- Cook:
- Easy
- Serves 4
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- 25g dried porcini(ceps)
- 50g butter
- 1 onionfinely chopped
- 1 garlic clovesliced
- thymesprigs
- 400g mixed wild mushrooms
- 850ml vegetable stock
- 200ml tub crème fraîche
- 4 slices white breadabout 100g, cubed
- chivesand truffle oil, to serve
Nutrition: per serving
- kcal347
- fat27g
- saturates16g
- carbs20g
- sugars5g
- fibre4g
- protein8g
- salt0.89glow
Method
step 1
Bring a kettle to the boil, then pour the water over the dried porcini just to cover. Heat half the butter in a saucepan, then gently sizzle the onion, garlic and thyme for 5 mins until softened and starting to brown. Drain the porcini, reserving the juice, then add to the onion with the mixed wild mushrooms. Leave to cook for 5 mins until they go limp.
step 2
Pour over the stock and the reserved juices, bring to the boil, then simmer for 20 mins. Stir in crème fraîche, then simmer for a few mins more. Blitz the soup with a hand blender or liquidiser, pass through a fine sieve, then set aside.
step 3
Heat the remaining butter in a frying pan, fry the bread cubes until golden, then drain on kitchen paper. To serve, heat the soup and froth up with a hand blender, if you like. Ladle the soup into bowls, scatter over the croûtons and chives and drizzle with truffle oil.
