From Solo Lisa's Kitchen: Porcini Mushroom Soup



Last year the boy's brother went on a trip to Florence with his fiancée and they returned bearing gifts for everyone, including porcini mushrooms for me. Having never cooked with them before, I cast about Epicurious for a recipe and found a delicious-sounding one for porcini mushroom soup. The recipe also called for white mushrooms; I used organic instead of the normal variety because they had better flavour. The result: a hearty, satisfying vegetable soup so full of savoury goodness that my mom asked if I'd put meat in it (I hadn't).

Have any of you tried cooking with porcini before? They're an ingenious ingredient: first, because the mushrooms themselves add a lot of depth to the dish; second, because the boiling hot water you pour over the porcini to soak them in can later be used in soup broths and such. A dual purpose ingredient that adds twice the flavour to anything you cook, and is easy to use to boot. I approve.
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  1. VancouveristaJanuary 20, 2011 at 9:25 AM

    yum! I will definitely try this

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  2. JenJanuary 20, 2011 at 8:43 PM

    Sounds yummy! I always feel like Chinese soups have a lot more depth and flavour to them but this one actually sounds pretty darn good! How did it compare?

    Jen

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  3. sunnyJanuary 21, 2011 at 7:59 AM

    This looks so yum. My mouth is now watering! Good job. I'll be thinking about porcini mushroom soup all day now. =D

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  4. devilishlypleasurableJanuary 21, 2011 at 8:37 AM

    I love porcini mushrooms. I used them in a mussel, prawn and mushroom linguine medley here:
    http://devilishlypleasurable.blogspot.com/2010/11/prawn-and-mussel-medley-international.html

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  5. rachaelJanuary 21, 2011 at 11:39 AM

    Mmmm homemade soups are the greatest! I've never tried one with porcini mushrooms but they sound like a great addition.

    -- Rachael of latentblatant.com

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  6. AsianCajuns (Cath)January 21, 2011 at 9:03 PM

    I love porcini mushrooms. That soup looks delicious and perfect for a cold winter day!

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  7. Haute WorldJanuary 22, 2011 at 7:56 AM

    This recipe and the soup in the photo look absolutely delicious! Don't you just love Epicurious? I've cooked with Porcini before, but used it in risotto which I can wholeheartedly recommend, because you end up using the mushroom liquid together with the broth to flavor the rice. I'll have to try out the soup!

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  8. AsianCajuns (Lar)January 22, 2011 at 4:21 PM

    Ooo that looks soooo delicious, Lisa! I've never cooked with porcinis before but I would love to know more about mushrooms! Your post is totally inspiring me to go (food) shopping!

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  9. AlJanuary 27, 2011 at 8:17 AM

    It looks delicious I love soups!

    I am actually from Florence and I use them a lot to cook (for pasta, risotto, creams and soups, fresh porcini cut in big pieces and fried...)they are really an important ingredient in our autumn dishes, I love them!!

    Now that I see this soup I feel the taste in my mouth and I would so like to eat some mushrooms, but I can't find Porcini here in Belgium, it's a torture :-(

    Al

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