Mushroom Bisque

Total Time: 1 hr 30 mins Preparation Time: 50 mins Cook Time: 40 mins

Ingredients

• 1 lb fresh mushrooms
• 1 quart chicken broth
• 1 medium onion, chopped
• 7 tablespoons butter
• 6 tablespoons flour
• 3 cups milk
• 1 cup heavy cream
• 1 teaspoon salt (or more)
• pepper
• tabasco sauce
• 2 tablespoons sherry wine (optional)

Recipe

• 1 wash mushrooms and remove stems.
• 2 slice 6 of the mushroom caps and reserve.
• 3 discard any dried ends from stems.
• 4 grind or chop remaining mushroom caps and stems very fine.
• 5 add chopped mushrooms and chopped onion to broth and simmer for 30 minutes.
• 6 saute the reserved sliced caps in 1 tablespoon of the butter and reserve for garnishing.
• 7 melt remaining butter in a small saucepan, add the flour and stir whisk until blended.
• 8 meanwhile, bring milk to a boil and add to the butter-flour mixture, stirring vigorosly with the whisk until sauce is smooth and thick.
• 9 add the cream and stir again.
• 10 combine the mushroom-broth mixture with the sauce and season to taste with salt, pepper and tabasco sauce.
• 11 reheat and add sherry just before serving.
• 12 garnish with reserved sauteed mushrooms.