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Mushroom velouté

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

105,1444.2/5 for 14 ratings

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Last modified on: February 9^th 2012

For 6 people, you will need:

1 4 cups + 3 tablespoons mushrooms
2 ½ cup potatoes
3 1 shallot
4 2 tablespoons butter
5 4 cups + 3 tablespoons water
6 2 tablespoons cornflour
7 ²⁄₃ cup cream
8 salt
9 pepper

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Time required for this recipe:

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

Keeping: A few days in the fridge in a sealed container.

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Step by step recipe

Stage 1 - 10 min.

Peel and chop 4 cups + 3 tablespoons mushrooms.

Stage 2 - 20 min.

Peel, wash and cut into small pieces around ½ cup potatoes.

Stage 3 - 5 min.

Prepare 1 shallot, and chop finely.

Stage 4 - 2 min.

Melt 2 tablespoons 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 4 cups + 3 tablespoons 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 ²⁄₃ cup 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.

Nutritional information

Whole recipe
Energetic value	Proteins	Carbohydrates	Fats
991 Kcal or 4,149 Kj	22 gr	66 gr	71 gr
50 %	8 %	6 %	11 %

Per 100 g
Energetic value	Proteins	Carbohydrates	Fats
57 Kcal or 239 Kj	1 gr	4 gr	4 gr
3 %	<1 %	<1 %	1 %

Per person
Energetic value	Proteins	Carbohydrates	Fats
165 Kcal or 691 Kj	4 gr	11 gr	12 gr
8 %	1 %	1 %	2 %

% 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 : 3.09 €
Per person : 0.52 €

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Source

Home made.

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	Mushrooms: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Mushroom Pancakes au Gratin, Stuffed Mushrooms, Boeuf (beef) bourguignon, Eggs "en cocotte" with spinach, Penne with Mushrooms, ... All
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	Potatoes: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Sarladaise potatoes, Big knife-cut chips (French fries) , Chicken breasts with tarragon, Leek and potato soup, Warm Leek and Potato Salad, ... All

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