Hungarian Mushroom Soup
By The Modern Proper, with adjustments by connect_the_stars and Laura Vonessen
- 2 minutes read - 331 wordsEquipment
- Large soup pot
Ingredients
- 1 stick (8 Tbsp) butter
- 4 cups onions, chopped (~2-3 medium onions?)
- 2 lb mushrooms, sliced
- 1 serrano chili, thinly sliced (optional)
- salt, to taste
- cayenne powder, to taste
- 1 cup dry white wine
- 4 cups chicken or vegetable stock
- Herbs:
- 1 Tbsp dried dill
- 1 Tbsp minced fresh thyme leaves
- Substitute or add: rosemary, tarragon, fresh sage. If fresh, can also just include whole sprig and fish it out later
- 1 Tbsp paprika
- 1/4 cup soy sauce
- 2 cup whole milk
- 1/3 cup flour
- 1/2 cup sour cream (or yogurt)
- 1/4 cup lemon juice
- optional goat cheese or parmesan for flavor (1/4 cup? idk)
- optional eggs (2?) for heartiness
- 1/4 cup fresh Italian parsley (for garnish)
Instructions
- In a heavy pot or Dutch oven, saute the onions over medium heat until onions are soft and translucent.
- Add mushrooms (thinly sliced serrano chili, if using) and continue sauteeing for ~10 minutes (mushrooms not quite fully cooked but getting soft).
- Add salt and cayenne, to taste.
- Add the white wine and let the alcohol cook off briefly. Then add herbs, paprika, chicken or vegetable stock, and soy sauce. Bring the soup to a simmer and cook until the liquid reduces by half.
- Meanwhile, in a small bowl, whisk the flour into the milk until smooth. Add the flour-milk mixture to the soup and cook until the soup begins to thicken, about 10 more minutes.
- Turn the heat down to low and slowly stir in the sour cream (or yogurt) and lemon juice. You can add the optional parmesan/goat cheese now.
- Partially blend the soup with an immersion blender (blend 3/4s of the soup?)
- If adding eggs, whisk in separate bowl and then slowly pour eggs in thin stream into the soup pot, stirring gently.
- Garnish the soup with parsley and serve hot.
**Yields 10 cups of soup. (original recipe recommended doubling the recipe if serving it as a main, so that has already been done here).