This is a relatively easy and lite recipe I came up with for my mushroom-loving friends. When I say mushroom-loving, it means that it is indeed very mushroomie and you really have to love them to like this soup. Don’t say I didn’t warn you.
The was the soup course from the Vegetarian Valentine’s Dinner. Of course, I eyeballed this recipe, so the measurements are vague. By using dehydrated mushrooms you will get a mushroom stock from the hydrating liquid that compares to none. Costco sells a giant tub of dehydrated field shrooms for a reasonable cost, or you can buy them from the grocery store for a small fortune. I like the mix Costco has. Some Asian markets also sell interesting dried shrooms, but you have to be a little daring.
Mushroom Consommé with Mushroom Onion Dumpling
Serve 4 smallish soup bowls (1 1/2 cups each).
Ingredients:
- about 1 cup of dyhydrated field mushrooms soaked overnight in about 5 cups of water. You will want to put a cover on this otherwise your entire house will smell of the shroom!
- about 1/4 cup finely chopped sweet onion
- 1 clove garlic finely minced
- 1 tbsp butter
- 1 tbsp soy sauce
- 1 tbsp finely grated Parmesan cheese
- 1 tsp of cognac per serving
- 4 sheets of wonton paper
- Egg white as glue
Directions:
- Through a fine sieve or coffee filter, strain the mushroom water to capture any loose sand. Wash the mushrooms well under cold water.
- Melt butter in a sauce pan, add onions and sauté until translucent. Add mushrooms and the garlic and sauté a bit more.
- Add the mushroom water and the soy sauce and simmer for about 20 minutes.
- Strain the mushrooms, garlic and onion from the liquid and return to the pan.
- With a small food processor, process the mushrooms, onion and garlic with the Parmesan cheese. Taste and salt as needed.
- Taking a heart-shaped cookie cutter about 6 cm in diametre, cut out 8 heart shapes. Place a small teaspoon of the puréed mushroom mix into the centre of each heart. Brush egg white along the edges and seal with a second heart directly over top. Seal well with the tines of a fork. Repeat until you have finished 8 of these little dumplings.
- Boil about 4 cups of water with a sprinkling of salt. Drop each dumpling into the water and cook until they float to the surface. Remove from the water and add two into each bowl of mushroom consommé. Enjoy while hot
Note: for the photo I actually had to prop up the dumplings because they sank to the bottom like lead. You’ll have to tell your guests they have heart-shaped dumplings in the soup…
Thanks to Charles who pointed out (very subtly) my typo on the word consommé. I have corrected it now.
We made consomme for one of the daring cooks challenges and I loved the idea of a clear liquid having so much flavor!
I love the addition of dumpling ..makes this a true treat on a cold winter day
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I saw that post of your consumé Sawsan, it was really lovely. The dumpling was tasty and delicious.
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I want some of this…now. Perfect light meal for a chilly day.
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What beautiful ravioli! I don’t think I’ve ever eaten anything that’s too mushroomy…just love the flavor!
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Neither have I Liz, but you have to really love mushrooms, which I do!
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DumplingEva, your consommé looks wonderful – a beautiful deep colour, and the wonderful little dumplings – soo cute! I love mushrooms – it’s always fun rehydrating them too, but I have to say – is the smell so strong? Maybe it just filled my whole house and numbed my olfactory senses, but I have to say I never noticed it myself!LikeLike
Hi Charles, hahaha! The smell can be over powering. And I just realized that I spelled consommé wrong; off to do the correction! Thanks.
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Hehe – that’s so weird, you know, I’m going to make a big point of “smelling” next time I rehydrate some mushrooms. I had no idea they were so strong to be honest.
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Be careful though Charles, your wife might think you’ve lost it if you’re caught sniffing the shrooms!
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Hi Eva! I would LOVE this soup and the heart shaped dumplings are adorable and a delicious addition! Sadly, Honey Bunny doesn’t care for mushrooms at all….but I’d order this in a restaurant in a heart beat! As always your photos and presentation are stellar! I’ve missed you! Happy Valentines Day!
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Welcome back Ann! Thank you so much for your kind and such flattering words. I’ve missed you too and I hope you had an amazing time in the UK!
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What beautiful dumplings in that very elegant soup. That’s a very professional looking dish, Eva!
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Thanks Betsy! It was a really nice soup.
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I’ve never seen dehydrated field mushrooms, but I always have dried shiitake mushrooms on hand. I wonder if it would be a good substitute?
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I’m sure they would be wonderful Genie.
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Love the idea of heart shaped dumplings and I love mushrooms anyway do this dish is a winner for me!
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Thanks BFN. Your post totally inspired this course of our Valentine dinner party.
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I really have to get on the wonton paper thing – our family loves dumplings and I’ve not made them yet… in what section of the grocery store do you typically find them? I love that these are filled with mushroom (another mushroom loving friend here) and onion in a warm, comforting broth. Just perfect Eva.
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OMG, just realized that they’re heart-shaped… how perfect is that! You’re such an artist Eva…
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Hi Kelly, they are generally in either the cold cut area or where they sell vegetarian tofu products. They were quite tasty and my guests loved that they were in the Valentine theme. Thank you for the lovely compliment.
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Just look at those amazing dumplings. They are definitely calling me right now lol. I had dumplings this weekend and loved them. So I know I would definitely love to make these 🙂
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Buying the wonton paper makes it really easy. Such a versatile product, Kay.
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Hola Eva, your mushrooms consumé looks fabulous….I’m really fond of mushrooms and just love this soup..Happy Valentine’s Day…from Spain… “Feliz San Valentine”…
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Thank you kindly Katy. Happy Valentine’s Day to you too. I had no idea that Valentine was celebrated in Spain, I thought it was just a North American thing.
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It is a big celebration here in Spain….FELIZ SAN VALENTIN…in Brazil we celebrate it on 12/June.
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Wow, thanks Katya, I’m going to check it out on line. Happy Valentines Day.
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Aww love at those lovely dumplings all heart shaped and all! And I love mushrooms so I think I’d love this soup 🙂
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Thanks Lorraine, your gorgeous pancakes gave me the idea to do them heart shaped. I have a variety of cookie cutters!
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Oh and I always have dried mushrooms on hand. Great idea!
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It’s a slightly lighter tasting soup than a creamed mushroom Greg, which we love too. But having so many courses, I didn’t want to fill up too soon!
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I didn’t expect to see those lovely little hearts when I looked into the bowl…nice touch my friend. Made me wish I was sitting in one of those chairs at the table! I made puff pastry shells in the shape of hearts last night too!
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I’ll have to get my invitation in to you guys a lot earlier next year. Great to see you on Friday night. Puff pastry in heart shapes sound wonderful. I hope to see what you filled them with soon.
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What a great looking dumpling! I frequent Asian markets and admit the Fear Factor keeps me from buying more than I do. I would love to find someone, a grocery guide, to take me around any of the stores and explain what some of the items are. Until I find such a person, I’ll just bumble around hoping to get lucky … not that kind of get lucky! 🙂
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I feel the same way at times, John. Some of our markets only have products labelled in Chinese! Not sure how they get away with that, but they seem to. I usually stick to tried and true.
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The International grocery store I go to seems to have Vietnamese, Thai, Chinese and Japanese imports with minimal English labelling to be seen . Even the vegetables aren’t labelled in English and then there are a number of baked goods/buns/cakes whose contents and ingredients are a total mystery. I think I identified moon cakes around Chinese New Year but there were several different kinds of those and I was too embarrassed to ask what was inside. They even have thousand day old eggs … duck, I think. 🙂 It’s amazing.
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John mentioned a guide would be great in one of these stores…I tend to agree. But at least they are not overly expensive and therefore a little experimentation is always fun!
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I love the idea of heart-shaped dumplings Eva! So romantic and cute. I also have the tub of mushrooms from Costco. This looks like a fantastic way to use them! 🙂 Deliciously warming.
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Welcome back Kristy. Hope you enjoyed your trip. I also hope that something was waiting for you on your return. Looking forward to seeing some more gorgeous photos from Hawaii.
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Another beautiful presentation and those heart shaped dumplings are amazing.
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Thank you Maraia, I’m running out of bowls for the photos, but non-the-less it is nice to bring out the china for these dinner parties (and photos).
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That does look wonderful. I’m a big fan of mushrooms – I have no fear and often go to the Asian grocery store and buy the dehydrated mushrooms. Yes, you do need to keep the doors and windows open because of the ‘perfume’ but I love the flavour they give to dishes. Love the look of your broth with the wontons. Wonderful!
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Thank you indeed Charlie. You really need to love the shroom, that’s for sure!
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