Mushroom And Oyster Soup For Lazy Gourmets Recipes

Steps:

• Melt butter, stir in flour and blend well.
• Add milk slowly, stirring constantly; add cream, salt, pepper and grated onion.
• Keep warm over low heat.
• Bring oysters to a boil in their own liquor; add to milk stock and heat about 5 minutes or until edges of the oysters curl.
• Serve immediately.

Steps:

• Drain raw oysters & reserving 1/2 cup oyster liquor.
• In large heavy pot saute bacon until crisp.
• Remove bacon and reserve drippings (eat bacon-you will not add it to the soup).
• Add stick of butter to reserved bacon drippings and melt.
• When butter has melted add onions, celery and garlic and saute over medium heat until soft, about 30 minutes.
• Add sliced mushrooms and green onions and saute until mushrooms are tender, about 30 minutes.
• Add flour and cook, stirring constantly, for about 3-5 minutes.
• Slowly add sherry and cook for about 5 minutes.
• Slowly add chicken broth and oyster liquor and stir until well blended.
• Add bouillion cubes, salt, black pepper, white pepper, cayenne pepper and nutmeg, stirring to mix.
• Bring to a simmer over medium heat and gently simmer for about 15 minutes.
• In a large measuring cup or bowl beat egg yolks slightly.
• Add heavy cream to egg yolks, mixing well.
• Slowly add cream mixture to pot, stirring well and gently simmer for about 5 minutes.
• Add oysters and gently simmer for about 3 minutes or just until oysters curl around the edges.

Steps:

• Dice and mince the ingredients as noted above.
• Combine all of the ingredients except the green onion into your crock pot.
• Put on low heat.
• Cook for 6 to 8 hours, stirring at the 3 hour mark and the 5 hour mark. You do not want to handle it too much so that you do not make the oysters degrade any more than they will in the cooking process.
• If you wish to thicken the soup, you may use a bit of mashed potato flakes or a cornstarch slurry until it reaches the desired consistency. This will need to be cooked an hour longer to ensure complete melding and thickening.
• Dish up, garnish with a pinch of the sliced green onions and serve hot.