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Randy Smith

CATEGORY	CUISINE	TAG	YIELD
Vegetables, Meats	French	Vegetable	4	Servings

INGREDIENTS

2	tb	Butter (up to)
3		Shallots; minced
1	lb	Fresh mushrooms; ground or chopped
6	c	Chicken stock
		Salt and pepper
1	ts	Fresh lemon juice
1		Lemon; thinly sliced

INSTRUCTIONS

Melt butter and saute shallots until they are transparent. Add mushrooms
and cook 5 minutes, stirring occationally. Add chicken stoch and bring to a
full boil. Reduce heat and simmer uncovered 30 minutes. Strain the soup
through a coarse sieve, pressing the mushrooms firmly to extract all the
liquid. The strainer must be coarse enough that some of the mushroom
speacks will go through. Season with salt, pepper and lemon juice. Garnish
each soup palte or bowl with 2 lemon slices.
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MONTROSE, HOUSTON
From the <Micro Cookbook Collection of French Recipes>.  Downloaded from
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