mushroom soups
2014-06-10
mushroom soup
vs. mushroom cream soup
vs. creamed mushroom soup
vs. cream of mushroom soup
vs. creamy mushroom soup
Five different names, five different soups.
All five may have cream, but only two of the five must have it.
Do not boil after adding cream. The cream will break.
- Any soup with mushrooms as a main ingredient is a mushroom soup
All pictures on this page are mushroom soups - Add heavy cream, you have a mushroom soup with cream aka a mushroom cream soup.
- All mushroom cream soups have cream.
- Cream soups can vary from very thick to very runny.
- Blended mushroom soup is also called creamed mushroom soup. NO cream added! (yet)
- Not all cream soups have been creamed.
- Creaming a cream soup makes it a 'cream of ...' soup
- Cream of mushroom soup is what you get by adding heavy cream to creamed mushroom soup
OR by blending a mushroom cream soup.- All cream of mushroom soups have been creamed and have cream.
- All cream of mushroom soups have been creamed and have cream.
- Creamy refers to a silky-smooth thick texture of an emulsion.
- Mushrooms are good emulsifiers all by themselves. Cream is not mandatory.
- Cream, eggs, flour a.o. thickeners can stabilize the mushroom emulsion even more.
mushroom soups
Pic1: pure mushroomsPic2: curried mushroom soup
Pic3: mushroom soup with other vegetables
- Any soup with mushrooms as a main ingredient is a mushroom soup.
mushroom cream soups = with cream added
Pic4: mushrooms, creamPic5: with a few other vegetables
Pic6: with seafood and vegetables
- these are 3 cream soups, but not creamy soups, too runny for that.
creamed mushroom soup
Pic7: blending mushroomsPic8: blended => raw creamed mushrooms still need cooking
Pic9: with cream = cream of mushroom soup
- The more added liquid, the runnier the end product.
cream of mushroom soup: method #1
Pic10-12: a creamy cream of mushroom soup- Add heavy cream to a creamed soup.
cream of mushroom soup: method #2
Pic13-15: blend mushroom cream soup until very smooth- Less added liquid will make a thicker soup/sauce.
- Simmering down (aka reducing) a runny soup will thicken it.
- Once you reach the thickness of canned soup, it can be used as a sauce.
creamy mushroom soups with other vegetables
Pic16+18: adding other vegetables can change the colorPic17: mushrooms & asparagus
- Do not limit yourself to mushrooms only.
- Add and blend in other vegetables to add a variety of colors and flavors.
creamy mushroom soup without cream
Pic8: do this
- Egg drop mushroom soup is a creamy mushroom soup, yet not a drop of cream in that one.
- Flour or other thickeners can add a similar thick creaminess without cream.
Cream can be used to thicken a soup, but a cream soup can be very runny instead of creamy.