CREAM OF MUSHROOM SOUP

This is our favorite Cream of Mushroom Soup recipe ever! It’s easy to make, delicious to eat, stores well in the fridge and the freezer and it warms you from the inside out. Perfect for these cold fall and winter days; this is one you’ll definitely want to make!

Ingredients:

• 8 cups Shiitake / Italian Oyster mushroom mix, rough chopped (see below for other great mushroom options)
• 6 cups potatoes, peeled and cubed
• 2 large onions
• 4 cloves garlic
• 1 tsp Montreal Steak Spice
• 1 tsp ground rosemary
• 1 tsp ground thyme
• 1 tsp Shrooms to Go Rosemary-Thyme-Oregano Mushroom Seasoning
• 1 cup white wine
• 3 cups chicken (or vegetable) stock
• 4 cups heavy cream
• 4 Tbsp butter, divided
• 1 cup freshly-grated Parmesan cheese, plus more for sprinkling

Directions:

• Heat large cast iron or stainless steel skillet, DRY (no butter or oil)
• Add rough-chopped mushrooms to hot, dry skilled – stir to keep from sticking
• Reduce heat to low, stir occasionally
After a few minutes the mushrooms will have expelled some of their moisture and begun to change color
• Add 2 Tbsp butter into pan
• Melt butter and stir to coat the mushrooms
• Add Montreal Steak Spice and stir
• Cook on low for 10-15 minutes
• While mushrooms are cooking, peel and cube potatoes
• Add potatoes to boiling water and boil for 10 minutes
• Chop onions, dice fine
• Mince garlic
• Once mushrooms are cooked, remove from pan and set aside
• Drain potatoes
• Melt remaining 2 Tbsp butter in stock pot
• Add onions, stir and sweat for 2 minutes
• Add garlic, ground thyme, ground rosemary and Shrooms To Go Rosemary-Thyme-Oregano Mushroom Seasoning
• Stir all together and cook for 1 minute
• Add white wine (or additional cup of stock)
• Stir together and cook for 1 minute
• Add cooked potatoes and cooked mushrooms, stir together
• Add chicken stock and stir
• Bring to a boil then reduce to simmer, simmer for 20 minutes
• After 20 minutes, taste, and adjust spices as needed
• Simmer additional 10 minutes
• Add heavy cream and stir
• Return to simmer, stirring regularly
• Simmer for 10 minutes to thicken
• Stir in freshly-grated parmesan cheese
• Serve immediately