Recipe - Garlic Soup With Shiitake Mushrooms

One fourth pound Garlic
1 Onion chopped
8 ounce White mushrooms cut or sliced up
4 Shallots chopped
2 qt Heavy cream
1 cup Brandy
4 Sprigs thyme
1 qt Water
6 ounce Butter
1 pound Shiitake Mushrooms, cut or sliced up
Thin reserve stems

Melt butter in a heavy saucepan. Add the onions, shallots, garlic, Shiitake
stems, white mushrooms, and saute for about one hour. Add the brandy and
let boil for 30 seconds then add One half the water and bring to a simmer.

Add the heavy cream slowly, stirring it in. The total temperature should
not be reduced much. Simmer for about 20 minutes, adjust consistency.

Strain, season, and add Shiitake mushrooms. Season again and serve.

Recipe By : Gordon Restaurant, Chicago

From: Emory!rahul.Net!watson@sunshine.Edate: Fri, 1 Apr 1994 15:04:18 0800
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