Wild Mushroom And Barley Soup

Total Time: 1 hr 30 mins Cook Time: 1 hr 30 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 6
• 1 liter water or 4 1/4 cups water
• 30 g dried mushrooms or 1 1/2 ounces dried mushrooms, any variety
• 1 tablespoon butter
• 1 onion, finely diced
• 1 stalk celery, finely diced
• 1 carrot, finely diced
• 1/4 cup sherry wine
• 1/2 liter beef stock (1/2 liter is 51 ounces) or 1/2 liter vegetable stock or 1/2 liter chicken stock
• 1 cup pearl barley
• 2 teaspoons thyme, chopped

Recipe

• 1 heat water to steaming and add mushrooms.
• 2 cover and let stand for at least 20 minutes until soft.
• 3 strain, reserve broth and chop mushrooms.
• 4 melt butter, add onion, reduce to low and cook, stirring often until caramelized (15 minutes).
• 5 add celery and carrots, cook 5 minutes.
• 6 add mushrooms, cook 2 minutes.
• 7 add sherry and cook until almost evaporated.
• 8 stir in mushroom broth (reserved liquid from soaking), stock & barley.
• 9 simmer 30 minutes until almost tender.
• 10 stir in thyme, salt & pepper.
• 11 simmer 5 to 10 minutes until tender.
• 12 for vegetarian use the vegetable stock.