Wild Rice and Mushroom Soup

Name: Wild Rice and Mushroom Soup
Prep time: 1 h 30 min
Cook time: 1 h 30 min
Total time: 1 h 30 min
Yield: 8
Cuisine: Global
Ingredients: 1 teaspoons freshly ground black pepper; 5 Tbsps butter at room temperature, divided; 227 grams button mushrooms, finely chopped; 28 grams dried porcini mushrooms; 118 milliliters dry white wine; 3 Tbsps minced flat-leaf parsley; 2 Tbsps flour; 158 milliliters heavy whipping cream; 1 leek, halved, rinsed, and white and light green parts thinly sliced; 113 grams pancetta, finely chopped (see Notes); 1 Tbsp salt; 946 milliliters reduced-sodium chicken or vegetable broth; 177 milliliters wild rice (see Notes)

Wild Rice and Mushroom Soup might be just the soup you are searching for. One portion of this dish contains about 6g of protein, 20g of fat, and a total of 293 calories. This recipe serves 8. It is perfect for Autumn. If you have heavy whipping cream, rice, pancetta, and a few other ingredients on hand, you can make it. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes roughly 1 hour and 30 minutes.

Instructions

Put wild rice, salt, and 8 cups cold water in a medium pot. Bring to a boil, lower heat to maintain a steady simmer, and cook until rice is tender, about 45 minutes.

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Wild Rice

Water

Rice

Salt

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Drain and set aside.

Meanwhile, put porcini in a small bowl and pour in 1 1/2 cups boiling water.

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Water

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Let sit until soft, about 15 minutes.

In a large pot, cook 1 tbsp. butter and pancetta over medium-high heat until the meat renders some of its fat and turns a lighter pink.

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Pancetta

Butter

Meat

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Pot

Add button mushrooms and leek. Cook, stirring occasionally, until mushrooms give off their liquid, about 10 minutes.

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White Button Mushrooms

Mushrooms

Leek

Meanwhile, lift porcini from liquid with a slotted spoon (reserving liquid), chop finely, and add to pot.

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Sprinkle vegetables and pancetta with flour and cook, stirring constantly, until flour starts to stick to the bottom of the pot (scrape it up as much as possible while stirring).

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Pancetta

All Purpose Flour

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Add wine, reserved liquid from soaking porcini (pouring slowly so as to leave any grit behind), and broth. Bring to a boil, then lower heat to maintain a steady simmer and cook 15 minutes.

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Broth

Wine

Meanwhile, combine remaining 4 tbsp. butter, the parsley, and pepper. Set aside.

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Parsley

Butter

Pepper

Add reserved wild rice to vegetable mixture and cook 10 minutes. Stir in cream and cook until hot, about 1 minute. Divide soup among 8 bowls and serve hot, with a dollop of parsley butter on each serving.

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Wild Rice

Parsley

Butter

Cream