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Curried Mushroom Soup

This is rich but delicate -- excellent with red meat or roast chicken on a cold night; serve hot to 4 people.

Courses: Soup
Serves: 4 people

Recipe Ingredients

8   Green onions - sliced
  (reserving 4 tspns of green for garnish)
4 tablespoons 60mlButter
2 tablespoons 30mlFlour
1 teaspoon 5mlCurry powder
2 cups 474mlVegetable or chicken stock - heated
2 cups 474mlMilk
3/4 cup 109g / 3.8ozChopped mushrooms
  Salt - to taste
  Freshly-ground black pepper - to taste
1/2 cup 118mlWhipping cream
2   Egg yolks

Recipe Instructions

Melt butter in a large saucepan over low heat. Add the green onions and saute until wilted -- about 5 to 7 minutes. Increase heat to medium, add flour and curry powder, and stir for about 2 minutes. Remove from heat -- and whisk in the hot stock and milk. Add mushrooms, salt, and pepper. Cover partially and simmer for 20 minutes, stirring occasionally.

Whisk the cream and egg yolks in a small bowl. Lighten it with a couple tablespoons of the mushroom soup, then whisk it all into the soup. Cook on low heat, stirring from time to time, until thick -- about 4 to 5 minutes. Ladle into bowls and garnish with the reserved green onion slices. Serve immediately.

Source:
Soup Of The Evening...Beautiful Soup at http://www.soupsong.com

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