Kennett Square Mushroom Soup

Submitted by Irish Rose

"We use to live near the mushroom capital of the world, Kennett Square, PA and this is my favorite mushroom soup recipe."

 

• Ready In: 1hr
• Ingredients: 11
• Serves: 4

ingredients

• 1⁄4 cup butter or 1/4 cup margarine
• 1⁄4 cup flour
• 2 cups chicken broth
• 1⁄2 teaspoon salt
• 1⁄4 teaspoon pepper
• 1 -2 bay leaf
• 2⁄3 cup finely chopped celery
• 1⁄4 cup finely chopped onion
• 3 tablespoons cooking oil
• 4 -5 cups sliced fresh mushrooms
• 2⁄3 cup half-and-half cream

directions

1. In a 2 quart saucepan, melt butter and stir in flour until smooth.
2. Gradually stir in broth until smooth. Add salt, pepper and bay leaves.
3. Simmer, uncovered, for 15 minutes, stirring occasionally.
4. Meanwhile, in another saucepan, saute the celery and onion in oil until tender. Add mushrooms; cook and stir until tender.
5. Add veggies to broth mixture and bring to a boil. Reduce heat and simmer, uncovered for 15 minutes, stirring occasionally.
6. Add cream and heat through. Discard bay leaves and serve.

Reviews

[jadavid118]

Comforting, satisfying and delicious. I try to keep this soup on hand most of the time because I enjoy it so much. I usually double the recipe as written with a couple of simple additions: 2 tablespoons of dry sherry to the warming soup; 2-3 tablespoons of light sour cream stirred into the soup just before serving.

 

[Bonnie G #2]

I found a bounty of large mushrooms on sale and needed a recipe to use them up. Found this and what a winner, warm, hearty and filling with that great mushroom flavor that was not overpowered by any other spices. The only change I made to it was to adjust it for the crockpot. I first sauted the celery and onions in the butter then added everything into the crockpot and cooked on low for 4 hours. 20 minutes before serving I added the cream with an additional 2 tablespoons of cornstarch, stirred and let continue cooking on low for 15 minutes to warm up again. It was thick, creamy and lovely. DH has declared it a true winner!

 

[Cilantro in Canada]

This was such an easy soup to prepare. I used a total of 1 lb. of mushrooms. I skipped the oil to fry the mushrooms in, and used a little chicken broth in its place. I also used skim milk in place of the cream. I found this to still be a great soup despite the lower fat level. Thanks for the recipe.

 

[GinaStudySmart]

Delicious! Made as instructed, but served with a swirl of cream instead of heating it in. I figured I could re-heat more easily that way. Pretty, too!

 

[duonyte]

I got a large package of mushrooms on the reduced produce table for next to nothing, and mushroom soup sounded like a good bet. This was one of several recipes I had saved to try. I simplified the recipe by sauteeing the mushrooms in the melted butter with the onions, then sprinkling with the flour, stirring until it was all incorporated, and then slowly adding the chicken broth - eliminated the oil and one pan. I did need to end a bit more broth along with the cream to get a soupier consistency, oh, and used 1/2 tsp of thyme instead of celery, as I had none. Mr Grumpy and I polished off the entire batch with great pleasure.