Chestnut and wild mushroom soup

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Chestnut and wild mushroom soup

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Prep Time

30

Minutes

Cooking Time

30

Minutes

CUISINE

COURSE

Starter

Method

  1. Until (14 20 The Liquid A Gently Drain Cover Have Put Reserving 400ml Fl Oz) Set Bowl Minutes, The Soaking Wild Mushrooms And Dried The Squeeze Heatproof Dry, In They Up Plumped Of And Boiling For Water To Aside Over Mushrooms Pour

  2. Oil For Golden And To Season The Heat Sweat Large Onion The Minutes, Pan Taste Chestnuts, And Add And Stirring The Until A 10 Add Mushrooms Wild Brown, Occasionally Gently Drained

  3. To Hand For The Cream The Stir Wine To In Blender Smooth And The And The A The Boil, Soaking 1 Allow Liquid, Minutes Madeira Until With Heat Another As Then Possible As Bine Thyme For The Then The Reserved Whizz Reduce Heat To Bring With To Pan Simmer 20 Stock, Minute, Stirring Held Add And Through

  4. Foamy, And Until The Get To Again Light Effect Season Then To Blend Pan The Tilting Maximum Taste,

  5. One To Chives And The Garnish With Herbs Each Into Ladle Soup Bowls The Micro Warmed Serve,

Ingredients

  • 50g Crushed Mixed Dried Wild Mushrooms,

  • Oil 1 Rapeseed Tbsp

  • Chopped (canned 450g Vacuum Peeled Or Packed), Chestnuts

  • 1 Chopped Large Finely Onion,

  • Chopped Fresh Tsp Thyme 1

  • Wine 50ml Madeira

  • Chicken 2 Vegetable Or Stock 1 Litres

  • Cream 200ml

  • Black And Pepper Sea Freshly Ground Salt

  • Chives, Fresh Garnish To Snipped

  • Micro Fresh To Garnish Herbs,

Method

  1. Set To Heatproof For Liquid Wild 20 Gently The Aside The Put Mushrooms Have Bowl The Boiling Oz) Plumped 400ml Minutes, Pour A Up Mushrooms Soaking And Squeeze Of Reserving Dried Fl (14 Over Cover Dry, In They Water Drain And Until

  2. Pan Until Golden Drained Large Minutes, To Heat A And The And The Add Occasionally Wild Stirring Season For Gently Mushrooms 10 And Onion Oil Sweat Chestnuts, The Taste Add Brown,

  3. Blender In Reserved To And Hand Stirring To Cream Soaking For Liquid, The And Simmer Stir Pan The Heat The Allow With As Through Heat Then The The With To Minutes For Whizz The Held A Bine Madeira Until 20 Boil, The Wine Another Minute, Bring And Possible Smooth 1 As To Then Reduce Thyme Add Stock,

  4. Pan Then Light To Again Blend The And To Taste, Season The Tilting Until Effect Get Foamy, Maximum

  5. Ladle To The Herbs The Garnish With One Micro And Chives Bowls Each Warmed Soup Serve, Into