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Aria's Creamless Mushroom Soup
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Cuisine: Golden Whisk awards Soup
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From the menu of . . . Aria
490 E. Paces Ferry Road, Atlanta
404-233-7673
Q: Can you persuade Aria to share its recipe for creamless mushroom soup? That stuff is truly superb.
-- Ellen Nemhauser, via e-mail
A: Aria executive chef/managing partner Gerry Klaskala's rendition of mushroom soup is a good example of when something simple crosses over into something very special. "I work from simple fundamentals, but my goal is to use simple techniques that make the ingredients sing, " he said. And sing they do.
Hands on time: 25 minutes Total time: 1 hour and 5 minutes Serves: 4
Ingredients:
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2 tablespoons olive oil
1 medium onion, peeled and diced
1 celery root, peeled and diced
1 leek, white part only, washed well and diced
2 garlic cloves, minced
1 pound shiitake, chanterelle, porcini and/or morel mushrooms
1/2 to 1 teaspoon kosher salt
1 quart chicken stock
Kosher salt and pepper
Instructions:
In a heavy-bottomed soup pot, heat olive oil over medium heat. Add onion and cook until translucent; do not brown. Add celery root and leek; continue to cook for 3-4 minutes.
Add garlic and mushrooms, season with 1/2 teaspoon (or to taste) salt and cook until liquid released from mushrooms has almost evaporated. Add enough chicken stock to cover 1 inch above mushrooms. Simmer gently for 30 minutes.
Place all ingredients in a blender and carefully blend until smooth. Adjust seasoning with salt and pepper.
Add garlic and mushrooms, season with 1/2 teaspoon (or to taste) salt and cook until liquid released from mushrooms has almost evaporated. Add enough chicken stock to cover 1 inch above mushrooms. Simmer gently for 30 minutes.
Place all ingredients in a blender and carefully blend until smooth. Adjust seasoning with salt and pepper.
Nutrition:
Per serving (using canned broth): 113 calories (percent of calories from fat, 62), 2 grams protein, 8 grams carbohydrates, 2 grams fiber, 7 grams fat, no cholesterol, 1,820 milligrams sodium.
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