Cream Of Mushroom Soup

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This is a delicious soup recipe. Don't worry if your mushrooms are not brand new fresh" - all the better. Mushrooms that have browned slightly add color and taste to the soup. I make this in the morning and stop at step 5 until closer to dinner time. The recipe is from friday saturday sunday restaurant in philadelphia."

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Steps

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Chop the mushrooms into a fine dice.

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Place in a large sauce pot with the butter and saute until moist of the liquid in the mushrooms is cooked off.

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Sprinkle with flour over the mushroom mixture.

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Stir while cooking for a few minutes , then add the chicken stock and mix well.

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Allow the mixture to reduce over a medium flame to half its original volume.

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Refrigerate until just before dinner.

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Before serving , heat mixture while adding the heavy cream.

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Add cognac and salt and white pepper to taste.

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Ingredients

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white button mushrooms, butter, flour, chicken stock, heavy cream, cognac, salt, white pepper