Picture of the Day: Mushroom Soup

Mushroom soup is very hearty and comforting

Last week I sampled some cream of mushroom soup at the annual Circle Craft Fair  and bought the packet to make at home.

The company is called Untamed Feast, where they forage wild mushrooms in British Columbia and Alberta, and then package them into various products. I not only bought the mushroom soup packet, but also one of large morels, and another with dried sliced porcini mushrooms too, and mushroom risotto.

The package from Untamed Feast

What caught everyone's interest was the thick soup was choc full of finely diced tubers and that it was really simple to make.

You just saute half a diced onion, and a garlic clove with either butter or olive oil. After a few minutes, add one-quarter cup of white wine, then add the packet of mushroom soup mix which is powder and dehydrated mushrooms. 

After that four cups of water are added, then wait for it to boil before turning down the heat and adding a cup of either cream or milk (or skip this step completely), and let it simmer for about 10 minutes and then the soup's ready to be eaten.

I used milk instead of cream and the soup still had a slight creaminess in flavour. The finely chopped mushrooms rehydrated and the combination of the various mushrooms made it delicious in flavour and texture.

Each packet is good for four people, and each bite is like snuggling up in a warm blanket.