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Balthazar's Cream of Mushroom Soup

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Cuisine: French
Course: Soups and Stews

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2 reviews, average rating 4.0 / 5

JustLaura

14 years ago
4/5
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I made basically to recipe and used dried Cremini and Portabella's. It was good but not overly flavorful. My only substitution was half-and-half for heavy cream. I just couldn't add the heavy cream. I'm sure that this made a difference in flavor. I would make this again.

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aj12754

15 years ago
4/5
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This was really good and really rich as it is finished with cream and butter. It has more going on (sage, rosemary, porcini, garlic) than the Julia version I made a few weeks ago. Julia's is lighter and tastes more home-made, while this version is more gourmet-y.
Deb at Smitten Kitchen modified the Balthazar recipe some (e.g. used thyme rather than rosemary, etc.) but I stuck with the Balthazar version this time around.
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