MUSHROOM SOUP

Ingredients

Truffle Espuma

  • 50 ml cream
  • 5 gm chopped truffles mixed with a little Malaysian palm oil

Soup 

  • 50 ml Malaysian palm oil
  • 40 gm onion, diced
  • 20 gm celery, diced
  • 50 gm potato, diced
  • 80 gm brown shimeji mushrooms, chopped
  • 40 gm white shimeji mushrooms, chopped
  • 200 gm button mushrooms, sliced
  • 30 gm chanterelle mushrooms, sliced
  • 30 gm king oyster mushrooms, sliced
  • 750 ml water
  • Salt and pepper to taste
  • Roasted chestnuts, sliced

METHOD

To Prepare Truffle Espuma

Combine the espuma ingredients in a siphon and charge with a nitrogen charger. Chill until needed.

To Prepare Soup

Heat Malaysian palm oil in a large pot and sauté the onions and celery until fragrant. Add potato and cook until softened. Then add all the mushrooms and cook until they are soft. Add water, season to taste, and turn the heat down to simmer the mixture until it is reduced to two-thirds. Blend the soup.

To Serve

Pour soup into a bowl. Squeeze a little espuma into the middle of the soup just before serving. Top with slices of roasted chestnut.