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Forget mushroom soup in a can. Once you taste this homemade soup brimming with the taste of cremini mushrooms and winter vegetables you will never go back. It’s a snap to make, and now is the time to do it. Cremini mushrooms are easy to find and they are delicious. These small brown mushrooms are closely related to the white button mushrooms we grew up with here in the U.S. I prefer Cremini – they have a bit more flavor and texture. They are immature Portabello mushrooms, and are often marketed as “Baby Bella.” Add a few Porcini if you have them, for an even richer flavor. You can dress this soup up with a dollop of mascarpone at service or even add 1\/4 cup of Cognac or Marsala. It will warm you on a winter night, and it would be a wonderful starter for Thanksgiving.<\/p>\n
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Zuppa di Funghi<\/h4>\nmakes about 1 1\/4 quarts<\/h6>\n
12 ounces Cremini mushrooms, cleaned and sliced thinly
\n1 small onion, minced
\n1 Yukon Gold potato, cut in 1\/4 inch cubes
\n1 carrot, finely diced
\n1 celery stalk, finely diced
\n1 clove garlic, minced
\n1 quart brodo di pollo (chicken stock)
\n1 teaspoon Nepitella leaves, chopped, plus sprigs for garnish OR \u00bd teaspoon each mint and oregano, chopped, plus extra sprigs for garnish
\n2 tablespoons olive oil
\nsalt and pepper<\/p>\n
Heat oil in medium saucepan. Add onion and \u00bd teaspoon salt. Saute over medium heat until translucent, about 8 minutes. Add potato, carrot, celery and garlic. Saute until lightly caramelized, about 15 minutes, being careful not to burn onions.<\/p>\n
Add mushrooms, herb(s), 1\/4 teaspoon salt and 1\/2 teaspoon freshly ground pepper. Saute until mushrooms soften, about 8 minutes. Add stock. Bring to a boil, reduce to simmer and cook 15 minutes, uncovered.<\/p>\n
Puree 1 1\/2 cups soup in food mill, blender or food processor. Return pureed soup to pan. Check for seasoning. Serve topped with sprigs of herb.<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n Note: You can click on any picture for a larger image, and to see a slide show!<\/em><\/p>\n I have no affiliation with any product, manufacturer, or site mentioned in this article.<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Forget mushroom soup in a can. Once you taste this homemade soup brimming with the taste of cremini mushrooms and winter vegetables you will never go back. It’s a snap to make, and now is the time to do it. Cremini mushrooms are easy to find and they are delicious. These small brown mushrooms are […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[59],"tags":[1440,1437,1304,1439,1300,1303,1438],"class_list":["post-4884","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-recipes","tag-brodo-di-po","tag-cremini","tag-mint","tag-mushroom-soup","tag-nepitella","tag-oregano","tag-zuppa-di-funghi"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pYzzK-1gM","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/adribarrcrocetti.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4884","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/adribarrcrocetti.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/adribarrcrocetti.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/adribarrcrocetti.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/adribarrcrocetti.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4884"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/adribarrcrocetti.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4884\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4994,"href":"https:\/\/adribarrcrocetti.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4884\/revisions\/4994"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/adribarrcrocetti.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4884"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/adribarrcrocetti.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4884"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/adribarrcrocetti.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4884"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}<\/a>Food nerd notes<\/em>: I have called for Nepitella, an herb found all over Italy. With a taste that is a cross between mint and oregano, it is the perfect complement to mushrooms. If you can not find it, substitute with fresh mint and oregano. For more on Nepitella, read my article<\/a>. If you are using store-bought stock, purchase the “low sodium” variety. If you can not find it, then add no salt until the end when you make a final taste for seasoning. Click here<\/a> for my recipe for brodo di pollo.<\/p>\n