Since winter is refusing to go away much to my dismay, hot foods are remaining a necessity to me. The only silver lining is that the cold weather is at least offering me tons of opportunities to make soup!
This is a riff on a mushroom recipe I found on 101 Cookbooks. I’ve changed it enough, but the basic elements should be credited to her recipe. I just wanted a simple, no frills soup with chunks of potatoes in it. The original recipe only called for water but I wanted to bump up the volume a bit with vegetable broth. I only substituted half of the water for broth so I could make sure I retained the mushroom flavor.
There’s a complete lack of any unique shiitake mushroom soups out there that are sans miso, so this is a good one to try out if you love shiitakes like I do, but aren’t the biggest fan of miso soup.
Tip: Leave in the mushroom stems for more flavor. Just spoon them out before serving.
Here’s hoping for an early Spring! Enjoy!
Ingredients:
- 1 package of shiitake mushrooms
- 1/3 cup extra virgin olive oil
- 2 shallots, chopped
- 1 tablespoon dried rosemary, finely chopped
- 1 1/2 pounds small Yukon potatoes
- 3 large cloves garlic, finely chopped
- 2 cups water
- 2 cups vegetable broth
- 1 1/2 – 2 teaspoons salt
Directions:
Heat a tablespoon of the olive oil in a large pot or dutch oven, then saute the shallots for a couple of minutes. Stir in the rosemary and potatoes with the remaining olive oil and cook for about 3 minutes.
Add in the garlic, mushrooms, water, vegetable broth and salt. Bring to a simmer and cook for 10 minutes or until the potatoes have softened. Salt to taste.
This sounds amazing!
Thanks!