Honey mushrooms belong to the category of mushrooms that are ideally suited to any type of processing. But many experienced chefs believe that the mushroom soup is the most delicious, extremely nutritious and very fragrant. By the way, for its preparation, you can use not only fresh, but also dried, frozen and even pickled forest gifts. Each of these options is worth considering in more detail.

The classic recipe for mushroom soup from mushrooms

It is best to make mushroom soup from fresh mushrooms. This can be done already at the end of August, when the main season begins. It is the autumn mushrooms that are able to convey to the finished dish the unique taste and aroma of the forest.

For the classic version of the soup you will need a minimal set of products:

  • 0.5 kilograms of fresh mushrooms;
  • 3 liters of drinking water;
  • 1 medium onion;
  • 6 to 7 potatoes;
  • 1 carrot;
  • some salt and any spices;
  • fresh greens.

To make soup from honey mushrooms, you need:

  1. Peel the potatoes, cut into large cubes, and then pour them with water and boil for 20 to 25 minutes.
  2. At the same time, lower the mushrooms for 3 minutes in boiling water. Then they must be thoroughly washed under running water. Small mushrooms can be left intact, and large ones can be chopped at random.
  3. Gently chop the onion into cubes. You can just grate the carrots.
  4. Boil a measured amount of water in a large saucepan.
  5. Transfer to it half-baked potatoes, grated carrots and mushrooms.
  6. As soon as the vegetables are ready, pour the chopped onion.
  7. After 7 - 9 minutes, the dish can be salted, add spices and herbs to it.
  8. Turn off the fire. Such a soup should be given a little insistence.

As a result of these simple actions, a tasty, fragrant and rather nutritious first course is obtained. The hostess will only have to pour it on plates and invite the household to the table.

With cream cheese

Real gourmets believe that mushroom soup will be much tastier if cooked with cream cheese.

For such a recipe you will need:

  • 500 grams of honey mushrooms (preferably fresh);
  • 1 carrot;
  • salt;
  • 11 stalks of celery;
  • 1 large onion;
  • 3 tablespoons of cream cheese;
  • vegetable oil.

How to make such an unusual soup:

  1. The first step is to sort out and thoroughly rinse the mushrooms. If you get too large specimens, then it is better to cut them into pieces.
  2. Crush vegetables (carrots, celery stalks and onions) into small cubes.
  3. Pour a little oil (30 - 40 grams) into the soup pot. Pour the chopped vegetables there and sauté them.
  4. Add mushrooms. Fry them with vegetables. At the same time introduce any spices and salt.
  5. Pour in hot water and slowly bring the contents of the pan to a boil.
  6. Cook for about 20 - 25 minutes.
  7. Introduce the cheese and stir well. As soon as the mass boils again, turn off the fire.

An unusually tender and mouth-watering cheese soup with mushrooms is almost ready. Give him a little insistence.

From frozen mushrooms

In winter, when it is almost impossible to find fresh gifts of the forest, it is easy to make soup from frozen honey mushrooms.

This is really very simple.

Before you begin, you need to prepare:

  • 400 grams of frozen honey mushrooms;
  • 1.5 liters of water;
  • 3 large potatoes;
  • 1 small onion;
  • a little salt;
  • 20 grams of butter;
  • 1 carrot;
  • some pepper.

Description of the soup preparation process:

  1. Mushrooms must first be thawed, and then be sure to rinse and crumble. Small can not be touched.
  2. Vegetables must first be peeled and then chopped. It is better to cut onions in half rings, potatoes in large cubes, and just rub the carrots.
  3. Transfer the mushrooms to the pan. Then they should be filled with water and put the container on fire.
  4. After 20 minutes, when they are a little cooked, add potatoes. Cook for about 10 minutes
  5. Separately cook the frying. To do this, heat the oil in a frying pan. Pour onion into it and sauté for about a couple of minutes. After that, add carrot and fry it with onions for another 5-6 minutes.
  6. Transfer the finished frying to the pan.
  7. Add salt and pepper a little. Cook after that 10 minutes.

In general, the preparation of such a soup takes no more than ¾ hour.

The dish turns out to be unusually fragrant and, interestingly, low-calorie. For those who are trying to eat right, this is especially important.

Tender mushroom soup puree

You can also make wonderful mashed soup from mushrooms. There may be many options.

For the simplest of them you will need:

  • 200 grams of honey mushrooms (fresh or frozen);
  • 3 potatoes;
  • 2 large onions;
  • 250 milliliters of cream.

The whole process consists of four stages:

  1. First you need peeled potatoes to randomly crush and boil in slightly salted water.
  2. Defrost the mushrooms (if necessary) and rinse. After that, they must be cut into pieces. Chop the onion with medium cubes. Fry mushrooms with onions in vegetable oil.
  3. Put them in a blender. Add boiled potatoes there. Beat all this well.
  4. The resulting mass is sent to the pan and pour cream. Once the mixture boils, the fire can be turned off.

An ideal complement to such a soup would be crackers. You can buy them at the store, but it’s better to cook them yourself. For this, a couple of slices of white bread is cut into cubes and dried in the oven.

Read also:dried mushroom soup

Recipe for Fasting

On the eve of religious holidays, when many products are banned, you can always cook lean mushroom soup.

There is one very interesting option for which you need:

  • 450 grams of honey agarics (frozen or fresh);
  • 2 onions;
  • 4 potatoes;
  • 2.5 liters of drinking water;
  • 100 grams of buckwheat;
  • 1 large carrot;
  • 2 teaspoons of curry.

To make such a first course, you must:

  1. Peel the vegetables (carrots and onions), cut into cubes, and then lightly sauté in vegetable oil.
  2. Rinse the mushrooms thoroughly and also cut (if necessary).
  3. Chop the peeled potatoes.
  4. Pour clean water into the pan and boil it.
  5. Add vegetable frying, mushrooms and cook all this for about a quarter of an hour.
  6. Pour buckwheat and cook for another 5 minutes.
  7. Add prepared potatoes. Salt and pepper lightly. Cook after that for another quarter hour.

Ready soup with honey mushrooms turns out to be unusually fragrant, and buckwheat gives it an original unique taste.

From dried honey agarics

Some housewives are sure that none of the options described above can be compared with a soup of dried mushrooms. After this pre-treatment, the mushrooms acquire a special, incomparable aroma.

In this case, for the soup you will need:

  • 50 grams of dried mushrooms;
  • 4 medium potatoes;
  • 60 grams of wheat flour;
  • 1.3 liters of water;
  • 80 grams of butter.

How to cook dried mushroom soup:

  1. Rinse mushrooms, put them in a clean bowl, and then pour hot water and leave for about half an hour. After this, the liquid from the mushrooms must be filtered and squeezed slightly.
  2. Pour the remaining water into the pan and bring boiling water to the desired amount according to the recipe.
  3. Mushrooms cut arbitrarily. Pour them into a pot of water and cook for 40 minutes. Salt a little (to taste).
  4. Peel and randomly crush potatoes. Pour it into the pan and cook with the mushrooms for another 20 minutes.
  5. Slightly fry the flour in oil, and then dilute it, adding a little mushroom broth to the pan.
  6. Add the cooked frying to the soup and cook for about another couple of minutes.
  7. Turn off the fire. Let the soup stand under the lid for 10 minutes.

Such a dish will be much tastier if served with sour cream, sprinkled with fresh chopped herbs.

Cooking with Noodles

To make soup from honey mushrooms more satisfying, it can be cooked with vermicelli or noodles.

For this option, you will need:

  • 250 grams of honey mushrooms (fresh);
  • 150 grams of noodles (take ready-made or do it yourself in advance);
  • 1 carrot;
  • salt;
  • 25 grams of sour cream;
  • 1 leaf of laurel;
  • 1 onion;
  • 5 potatoes;
  • 1 clove of garlic;
  • peppercorns;
  • vegetable oil.

We will prepare this dish step by step:

  1. Cut the peeled potatoes into small cubes, and then put them in a pan, add water and put on fire.
  2. Add carrot there too. Previously, you need to rub it on a grater with large cells.
  3. Chop the onion into cubes and sauté it in oil in a pan.
  4. Add washed mushrooms and grated garlic to it.
  5. Pour all this with sour cream and put a few peas of pepper. Simmer on low heat for 10 minutes.
  6. Transfer the prepared roasting to the pan. Boil it with vegetables for 7 - 8 minutes, and then add noodles and mix.
  7. Add to taste a little salt. Let the contents of the pan boil for another 5 minutes and turn off the heat.

Now you need to give the soup a little brew. After 10 - 15 minutes, it can be safely poured on plates.

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