Cream of Mushroom Soup Ingredients

Series Summary

There is nothing more comforting that a bowl of warm soup on a cold winter day, or a steaming cup of Mom’s chicken noodle soup when you are feeling sick. The great thing about soup is that you can use any variety of ingredients and they are often quite simple to make. Primarily a combination of meat, vegetables, or legumes, in stock or hot water, soup has been a favorite dish for centuries and comes from the word “sop”, meaning a piece of bread served with some type of liquid. There are two main classifications of soups: clear soups and thick soups. Whether you are making a clear bouillon based soup or a thick creamy soup, there’s no doubt that soup is an easy and great dish to accompany any meal.

In this free cooking video series, our expert will demonstrate how to make homemade Cream of Mushroom Soup. Sure to beat a canned soup any day, this hearty recipe calls for a variety of vegetables. Served along with homemade bruschetta, our chef will give step-by-step instructions on how to prepare this Cream of Mushroom soup from scratch, including preparing the vegetables and thickening the soup. If you’ve been looking for a wonderful cold weather recipe, this delicious soup is sure to please the whole family.

Video Transcript

"Hi, I'm Greg from Expert Village and today we are going to make cream of mushroom soup. For this recipe we are going to need: 10 to 12 large mushrooms, 3 tablespoons of butter, some salt, an egg yoke, 4 tablespoons of beef bullion, 2 table spoons of flour, 2 tablespoons of black pepper, 1 tablespoon of sage, 2 cups of cream, 1 onion, 1/2 of cup of fresh basil, about a 1/4 cup of shredded Parmesan, a beget, some olive oil, some white wine, 3 cloves of garlic, 1 stock of celery and 2 tomatoes."