Photo by Judith Hausman
This corn chowder , last twelvemonth ’s dinner party soup , will be my ( much - requested ) share to this twelvemonth ’s soup swap .
What has become my annual , all - missy Soup Swap event will take place this Sunday . ( I confess I did n’t make up the idea ; I steal it from a women ’s magazine I rifled in a doctor ’s waiting way . ) The Soup Swap update the biscuit - swap data format — who take to eat more cookie anyway ? — and sends my busy , working women friend home with three homemade dinners to eat or immobilize . The immense snow piles we ’ve got to fence with this year spell soup to me anyway , peculiarly withgarden goodies in the freezer .
Here ’s the idea : I take in about six womanhood and demand each to contribute three quarts of soup along , preferably packaged in deep-freeze bags , and copies of the recipe for it . Onebig bay window of soupyields three quarts easy . I dish out another soup for dinner for us all and then each guest “ shop ” for three quarts to take home with her . give way single taste , it work out to beak three from among the seven variety available . ( One friend does n’t likebeansand another friend wo n’t eat shellfish , for example . )
We are n’t fixed ; last year Connie could n’t fake so she bought three quart of lobster bisque to bestow to the trade . Renee brought blood-red lentil soup , Barbara bring turkey - vegetable and Sandy brought carrot . The corn chowder I serve for our dinner was such a hit that I‘m making it ( with local clavus that I froze ) for the take - home portions this year .
This year , the dinner soup I ’m making will be the three - mushroom soup I love , garnish with a few alien mushroom from a vendor at my nearbywinter farmers ’ mart . ( The recipe below will probably involve to be doubled for the dinner party ) .
With some interesting Northeast artisanal cheeseflower , a duet of breads , such ashomemade corn breador cooky , a farmers ’ market whole - cereal land loaf , and a few bottles of pantry white and rustic red wine , we ’ll be all set .
We ’ll finish with a pile of impertinent fruit or a refreshing dessert , like orange slices poached in wine , unless someone wants to make some cookies . abject - key parties are my favorite and with less stress on the legion , the guests run through best . Of course , there ’s no reason men ca n’t come along , too .
Recipe: Three Mushroom Soup
Ingredients
prep
Cover the dried mushrooms with warm weewee , and let them sit down for 1 time of day or more . Strain the juice and save . Chop the re - hydrated mushroom and set aside .
Sauté the cultivated mushrooms in a soup Mary Jane , and when soft and slightly browned , add together the stock or bouillon block and 4 cupful water , and the reserved inebriate water . Cook 30 to 45 minutes , until the mushrooms are very voiced . Add seasonings and cognac . Purée roughly with an engrossment blender . There should be chunks of mushroom still visible . Thin with more water or milk , as trust .
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