📍 Where this dish comes from: Marseille · Old Port (Vieux-Port)
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An impossibly silky wild mushroom velouté — a blend of cremini, shiitake, and dried porcini simmered with shallots and thyme, enriched with cream and blended to a velvety amber finish, garnished with mushroom slices sautéed in truffle butter. This is the essence of autumn in a bowl, warming, deeply umami, and nutritionally magnificent.
What You’ll Need
Servings: 4 servings
Calories: 320kcal
Ingredients
- 400 g cremini mushrooms sliced
- 200 g shiitake mushrooms stems removed
- 20 g dried porcini soaked in 200ml warm water
- 3 shallots diced
- 3 garlic cloves
- 3 tbsp butter
- 600 ml chicken or vegetable stock
- 200 ml heavy cream
- 100 ml dry white wine
- 3 sprigs fresh thyme
- Salt and black pepper
- 150 g mixed mushrooms garnish
- 2 tbsp butter garnish
- Truffle oil garnish
- Fresh chervil garnish
Instructions
- Drain porcini, reserving soaking liquid. Strain liquid through coffee filter. Chop porcini.
- Melt butter in a large pot over medium-high heat. Sauté cremini and shiitake in batches until golden. Remove half for garnish.
- In the same pot, sweat shallots and garlic until soft. Add white wine, reduce by half.
- Add remaining sautéed mushrooms, chopped porcini, porcini liquid, thyme, and stock.
- Simmer 20 minutes. Remove thyme. Blend completely smooth. Add cream and blend again.
- Season generously. Pass through a sieve if desired for extra smoothness.
- Sauté reserved mushrooms in truffle butter until golden. Serve soup garnished with mushrooms, chervil, and truffle oil.
Nutrition
Serving: 1serving | Calories: 320kcal | Protein: 7g | Fat: 27g | Fiber: 3g
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Health Benefits
- Shiitake mushrooms contain lentinan, a beta-glucan polysaccharide studied for its potential immune-supporting properties.
- Porcini are a good source of ergothioneine, an antioxidant amino acid studied for its properties.
- Mushrooms are one of the few non-animal foods to contain vitamin D2 (ergocalciferol).