Casablanca Cafe Cream Of Mushroom And Wild Rice Soup

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CATEGORY	CUISINE	TAG	YIELD
Dairy, Vegetables		Soups	1	Servings

INGREDIENTS

7	T	Butter, divided 7/8
		stick
4	T	All-purpose flour
1	c	Hot milk, skim or 2%
2	c	Vegetable stock, divided
1/2	c	Sliced onion, divided
1/2	t	Paprika
1/2	t	Ground nutmeg, about
		divided
3	c	Sliced mushrooms, divided
		thinly sliced
1		Bay leaf
1/4	c	Chopped celery
4		Whole cloves
1	c	Hot cooked wild rice
		follow package
		directions
1	T	Chopped parsley
1/4	c	Dry white wine
		Salt and pepper, to taste

INSTRUCTIONS

Melt 4 tablespoons butter in large saucepan over low heat. Add flour
and cook 3 minutes, stirring constantly. Slowly stir in hot milk and  1
cup stock. Cook sauce over low heat, stirring constantly with  wooden
spoon, until smooth, about 15 minutes.  In another saucepan, melt 1
tablespoon of remaining butter. Add 1/4  cup onion, the paprika and 1/8
teaspoon nutmeg and cook 2 minutes.  Add to first mixture and stir to
combine.  In same pan, saute 2 cups sliced mushrooms in remaining 2
tablespoons  butter. Add bay leaf, remaining 1/4 cup sliced onion, the
chopped  celery, cloves and remaining 1 cup stock. Cover and cook
medium heat  10 minutes. Blend mixture in blender or food processor
until smooth,  about 1 minute. Strain both the mushroom/celery mixture
through a  fine sieve and the flour/milk mixture through a colander.
Discard  vegetable pieces.  Return both mixtures to large saucepan and
combine. Cook 5 minutes  over low heat, stirring until mixture is
smooth. Stir in rice,  remaining 1 cup sliced mushrooms, parsley and
wine. Add salt and  pepper, if desired. Remove bay leaf, sprinkle with
reserved nutmeg if  desired, and serve. Makes 6 to 7 servings.  Recipe
by: Casablanca Cafe  Posted to recipelu-digest by "Crane C. Walden"
<cranew@foothill.net>  on Feb 5, 1998

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Nutrition (calculated from recipe ingredients) ---------------------------------------------- Calories: 1668 Calories From Fat: 746 Total Fat: 85.3g Cholesterol: 218.6mg Sodium: 179.8mg Potassium: 2109.7mg Carbohydrates: 186.7g Fiber: 23.8g Sugar: 25.7g Protein: 44.5g