Cream of Mushroom Soup
- 2 tablespoons (1/4 stick) butter
- 3 leeks, halved, thinly sliced (white and pale green parts only)
- 2 pounds button mushrooms, sliced
- 2 garlic cloves, minced
- 1/4 cup long-grain white rice
- 31/4 cups (or more) canned low-salt chicken broth
- 31/4 cups canned beef broth
- 1/2 cup whipping cream
- 1/4 cup chopped fresh chives
- Melt butter in heavy large pot over medium heat.
- Add leeks and saute until tender, about 5 minutes.
- Increase heat to medium-high.
- Add mushrooms and saute until mushrooms are soft and dry, about 10 minutes.
- Add garlic; saute 1 minute.
- Stir in rice.
- Add 31/4 cups chicken broth and beef broth to pot.
- Bring to boil.
- Reduce heat to low, cover and simmer until rice is very tender, about 30 minutes.
- Cool slightly.
- Working in batches, puree soup in blender until smooth.
- Return soup to pot.
- Stir in cream.
- Thin with more chicken broth, if desired.
- (Soup can be made 1 day ahead.
- Cool slightly, cover and refrigerate.
- Bring to simmer before serving.)
- Ladle soup into 8 bowls.
- Sprinkle with chives and serve.
butter, leeks, button mushrooms, garlic, longgrain white rice, chicken broth, canned beef broth, whipping cream, fresh chives
Taken from www.epicurious.com/recipes/food/views/cream-of-mushroom-soup-105068 (may not work)