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Mushroom velouté

This smooth, creamy soup with its lovely mushroom flavour is quick and easy to make.

115,2764.2/5 for 14 ratings

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Last modified on: February 9^th 2012

For 6 people, you will need:

0 400 g mushrooms
1 100 g potatoes
2 1 shallot
3 30 g butter
4 1 litre water
5 2 tablespoons cornflour
6 150 ml cream
7 salt
8 pepper
Total weight: 1,584 grams

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Preparation	Cooking	Start to finish
45 min.	10 min.	55 min.

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Step by step recipe

Stage 1 - 10 min.

Peel and chop 400 g mushrooms.

Stage 2 - 20 min.

Peel, wash and cut into small pieces around 100 g potatoes.

Stage 3 - 5 min.

Prepare 1 shallot, and chop finely.

Stage 4 - 2 min.

Melt 30 g butter in a large saucepan on medium heat, then add the shallot. Salt, pepper and cook for 1 or 2 minutes.

Stage 5 - 3 min.

Add the mushrooms and potato and stir well.

Cook for 2 or 3 minutes.

Stage 6 - 5 min.

Pour in 1 litre water, salt again and bring to the boil. Leave to simmer gently for 5 minutes.

Stage 7 - 5 min.

Mix 2 tablespoons cornflour with 2 tablespoons of water.

Turn down the heat and blend thoroughly. Add the cornflour at the end while still blending.

Stage 8 - 5 min.

Finish by adding 150 ml cream and blend briefly to mix well. Check seasoning.

Remarks

It's easiest to use cultivated button mushrooms (that the French call champignons de Paris), even tinned mushrooms, but if you can, use freshly-gathered wild mushrooms, as the flavour will be so much better.

You can also add a handful of dried mushrooms (morels, chanterelles, etc.), simply rinsed. Again this willl improve the flavour, making it not only stronger, but woody.

Keeping:

A few days in the fridge in a sealed container.

Nutritional information

Whole recipe
Energetic value	Proteins	Carbohydrates	Fats
544 Kcal or 2,278 Kj	17 gr	60 gr	26 gr
27 %	7 %	6 %	4 %

Per 100 g
Energetic value	Proteins	Carbohydrates	Fats
34 Kcal or 142 Kj	1 gr	4 gr	2 gr
2 %	<1 %	<1 %	<1 %

Per person
Energetic value	Proteins	Carbohydrates	Fats
91 Kcal or 381 Kj	3 gr	10 gr	4 gr
5 %	1 %	1 %	1 %

% are calculated relative to a Recommended Dietary Intake or RDI of 2000 k-calories or 8400 k-joules by day for a woman (change to a man).

How much will it cost?

For 6 people : 2.49 €
Per person : 0.42 €

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Source

Home made.

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	Potatoes: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Morteau sausage, Pan-baked hash brown (Hash-brown casserole), Potato tortilla (Spanish omelette), Avengers' potatoes, Creamy "terre et mer" pots, ... All

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