Mushroom Soup with fragrant rosemary and the earthy rich addition of black truffle. This mushroom, rosemary and truffle soup is packed with flavour and ready in under 30 minutes. Perfect for the cold weather we are having here in Western Australia.
There use to be an advert on British TV for 'cup a soup'. To be honest it was a bit freaky! A blue fluffy thing does the slalom down a mountain to give the lady making soup a hug. A two limbed blue fluffy thing!!
That all just sounds silly doesn't it!!! Think I need to find a clip!
Okay. So there we go! Bit odd. But I suppose it did what adverts are meant to do. It stuck with me. This is well over 10 years old and I still remember it. And every time I make soup I think 'Soup - a hug in a mug' Actually I usually think 'Soup - a hug in a bowl' because let's face it, a mug isn't big enough!!!! Everyone wants a big bowl of soup. I mean if we are going to have a hug we want it to be a big bear hug that envelops you and you feel like it will never let you go.
I remember years ago, after I had had a particularly stressful day at work Stew saying to me. "Go home, have a bath and I'll be there in a few hours and we know I am good at two things, pouring wine and big bear hugs." There was probably ice cream too 🙂 (Probably Strawberry Cheesecake Ice Cream - as explained here 😀 )
Hugs are pretty awesome aren't they! So is soup! And this soup is no exception! It is rich and creamy with a hint of truffle (you can easily get away with just truffle oil here) and if you are feeling under the weather, or have had a stressful day what could be better than a big bowl of mushroom, rosemary and truffle soup. Comfort with a hint of decadence. (Ha just read that back!!! After a stressful day at work what is better is wine!!!!! But hey truffle soup isn't a bad choice either!)
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This is another recipe that uses my beautiful Manjimup truffles. I have a couple more dishes to share with you over the next week or so.
Did you see the oozy delicious baked black truffle brie recipe? or the black truffle stuffed roast chicken? (Which a friend in Shanghai told me is called Black Widow Chicken.)
Both worth a cook! But for today I leave you with a big old bear hug in a bowl.
Enjoy x
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Truffle, Rosemary and Mushroom Soup
Ingredients
- 1 onion
- 1 clove of garlic
- 1 tablespoon olive oil
- knob of butter
- 500 g mushrooms - I like the brown cap mushrooms
- 125 ml /1/2 cup dry white wine
- 500 ml /2 cups vegetable stock
- 2 tablespoon chopped fresh rosemary leaves
- 1 teaspoon of salt
- 1 teaspoon grated black truffle
- 250 ml /1 cup milk
- pepper to taste
- Double cream to serve
- Extra black truffle or truffle oil
Instructions
- Peel and chop the onion and garlic.
- Heat the olive oil in a large saucepan and fry the onions over a low eat until they are just starting to colour.
- Add the mushrooms to the pan, stir well and cook for 5 minutes until they have softened.
- Add in the garlic and cook for another minute until the garlic starts to smell aromatic.
- Increase the heat and pour in the white wine, allowing it to quickly evaporate.
- Turn the heat back down, add the stock, rosemary and salt. Bring to a simmer and cook for 10 minutes.
- Pour the soup into a blender (or use a stick blender in the pan) along with the black truffle then pulse it until you have a finely chopped soup.
- Return to the pan with the milk. Check your seasoning and bring back up to simmer point.
- Serve with a dollop of cream and a shaving of black truffle (or a drizzle of truffle oil)
Nutrition is per serving
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Louise says
Can I use preserved truffles in this recipe?
Claire McEwen says
Hi Louise,
Yes you could use preserved truffles in this recipe.
they don't tend to be quite as potent so you might need a bit more than the recipe suggest.
Hope that helps
Cx
Lorraine @ Not Quite Nigella says
We were lucky enough to get a truffle here and we really used it as much as we could! What a lovely idea 🙂
Claire McEwen says
Thank you Lorraine. I love truffle season 🙂
One year I want to go on the truffle expedition in Manjimup, would be amazing to go hunting for my very own truffle!
Jayde says
Hi Claire! Wondering if you ever got to our Truffle Kerfuffle? Manjimup is my home town and I’ve just stumbled across this recipe, I’m excited to make it!
Claire McEwen says
Hi Jayde, No I have never made it down that way for Truffle Kerfuffle, I really should make an effort next year to get there.
You live in a gorgeous part of Australia, my kids used to love the Timber park down there when they were a little younger, so we would go down quite a lot during holidays...but never during Truffle Kerfuffle!
John @ heneedsfood says
Um, hello, did someone say truffles? I reckon if I made this for dinner, my parter would be wondering what he was having for dinner. At least I love truffles - so that's all that matters, right? Great soup!
Claire McEwen says
Hehe, We he is right I guess, soup isn't enough for dinner! Perhaps just have soup to start? Followed by roast chicken. Mmmmmm.
Love truffles and truffle season.
Dorothy Dunton says
Hi Claire! I am going to have to get some truffle oil since I cannot justify the price of the real deal! This soup sounds wonderful, mushrooms and rosemary are a great combination. PS That commercial is just plain strange! And to think that people get paid to think that stuff up!!
Claire McEwen says
I promise I am nearly done with truffle recipes. Just one more to go next week xx