Hungarian Mushroom Soup Recipe - Chef Tips

I've put my own spin on it, of course, complete with garlic-shallot puree and a gremolata topping. I think this is way better than most cream of mushroom soup recipes, and I hope you'll agree!

Hungarian Mushroom Soup

1 1/2 pounds button mushrooms, sliced
2 tablespoons butter
2 cups diced white onion
1 teaspoon garlic-shallot puree or 1 minced cloves garlic
1 teaspoon kosher salt
2-3 teaspoons dried dill or 3 teaspoons fresh dill
1 tablespoon of Hungarian Paprika
2 teaspoons fresh lemon juice
3 tablespoons all purpose flour.
2 cups chicken broth, mushroom stock or vegetable broth
1 cup heavy cream or milk
1/2 cup sour cream
Fresh cracked pepper to taste

Garnish:
Zest of 1 lemon
Small bunch of Italian parsley.

Heat a large stock pot over medium heat. Add 2 tablespoons butter. Melt down. Stir in 2 cups diced white onion. Cook down for about 5 minutes. After a few minutes, add 1 teaspoon garlic-shallot puree or 1 minced cloves garlic. Stir well.

After 5 minutes, add the sliced mushrooms. Next, add 1 teaspoon kosher salt followed by 2-3 teaspoons dried dill or 3 teaspoons fresh dill. Next, add 1 tablespoon of Hungarian Paprika. Cook down 10-15 minutes. Add 2 teaspoons fresh lemon juice and 3 tablespoons all purpose flour. Cook down and stir for about 5 minutes.

Finally, add 2 cups chicken broth, mushroom stock or vegetable broth.

Stir, reduce heat to medium/low. Cover and cook for about 10 more minutes.

Next, stir in 1 cup heavy cream or milk. Finally, stir in 1/2 cup sour cream and add fresh cracked pepper and more salt if needed.

Serve with garnish of lemon zest and chopped parsley. Enjoy!

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[carasachs]

I’m Hungarian, and this looks pretty accurate. Especially important is to NEVER brown the onions. Low and slow until they are glassy and sweet. For the paprika, please please PLEASE use authentic imported Hungarian paprika. I’d stick with sweet (édes) paprika, my favorite is from Kalocsa, but Szegedi will do too. Just not that sawdust you get from the grocery store, it has no flavor. I don’t add garlic to this, especially not that amount - it throws the flavor off. Sour cream - Sour cream and good paprika - two staples in a Hungarian kitchen. Nice job.
Just a note - I’m thinking of starting a Hungarian cooking channel myself. I’m an old fashioned Hungarian cook, almost never measure anything, even baking. I just made a video of how to make gulyás leves (Gulyás Soup) for a Christmas present. Maybe I’ll start with that one, if there’s interest.

[davidwootton]

Can I make a suggestion? Break the stalk out of the mushroom. Place dome side up and chop. To increase the flavor of the mushrooms, Double the quantity, and place half in a non-stick pan and reduce by 75% volume. Do not add anything, gently cook off the moisture that forms. Add to the soup in the late liquid stage. Nice videos, many thanks, and greetings from Africa.

[selenepyrope]

Made this soup for my family, they practically licked the bowls clean! Sooo yummy!

[LeonAllanDavis]

Nicely done!
No weird music...no stupid metric measurements...no silly jokes..no high-pitched voice...
Just straightforward cooking...
Just like St Jacques Pepin...

[imrepekk]

As a Hungarian man who loves cooking I must make a couple of friendly remarks: 1. there are as many choices for fat to use in sauteing as households in Hungary, but I believe most people use some sort of oil or lard instead of butter to saute onions 2. garlic is indeed a must-do in pretty much everything, but we never use shallots 3. kosher salt is kind of a fancy thing in Hungary 4. I know it's such a waste, in home cooking we always use water instead of stocks 5. dill ususally goes in pickled stuff and squash pottage (and a few other recipes), but only true gourmands would pair it with mushrooms while lemon juice/zest is exclusive to desserts here 5. very cute of you to prevent "insult injury" by adding sour cream, we always say sour cream upgrades anything it's added to. :-)

[yukkimooky]

What a nice man.Such a pleasant personality.God bless him.

[oanaop]

Made this tonight! I blended three quarters of the soup and it was so nice to have a creamy soup with a few bits of chunky mushrooms! So easy and delicious!

[Loulizabeth]

If for nothing else I'm grateful for the little trick about how to cut mushrooms you share at the beginning. So simple and obvious once you showed it. As a lover of mushrooms. Will try this recipe when I get the chance.

[ramaalhussami]

Best mushroom soup ive ever had in my life and I had many of them.. highly recommend. Thanks for sharing this recipe 🙂

[vincenzosplate]

I'm in love with mushrooms, so I have to try this recipe

[doreenforauer]

I love mushrooms, but I have been cutting them wrong my whole life. As the saying goes, you can learn something everyday. I will absolutely be making this mushroom soup. It looks so yummy.

[MysticFiddler]

I had to watch this as I was a fan of Old Wives Tales in Portland way back (1990s) as well. Their soups were the best and I appreciate your sharing this one!

[dragonwolf]

I MADE THIS AND IT WAS AWESOME! regular paprika works too, and i added celery. thank you for the awesome recipe!

[christian-knwn]

The second most impressive thing in your video is how the butter landed when you dropped it in. The first is the soup itself !! Very tasty !!

[D-Orro]

It’s a wild mushroom season here in southern Poland. … Farmer’s markets are overflowing with incredibly, beautiful crops of mushrooms. … Tomorrow I am going to get some and will make this soup with those mushrooms! I never tried dill and mushrooms together… My thing is thyme with mushrooms ( I have some fresh in the garden) and some Japanese tamari soy sauce, if I have it ( pricey and hard to find it here!). When the wild mushroom season is over, I ‘ll be using regular white mushrooms with a little addition of dried (wild) mushroom powder.
Your soup looks amazingly delicious. Thank you for the inspiration.💖💥🕊🙏😊

[wc]

I've made this many times and will make it again tonight. I always refer back to this recipe to remember my order of operations. Cheers!

[Agi]

Italian parsley in a Hungarian dish 😄 Actually flat leaf Italian parsley is much wider used in Hungarian cuisine than curly parsley. So it is quite right😉 And adding sour cream is a major plus 👍

[briankillian]

Excellent presentation! Can't wait to dive into that lemon zest/parsley toping.

[chelseykate]

I made this yesterday and it was so good! The sour cream really pulls the flavors together

[charlottebarnes]

Any dish in Hungarian is the best. I know I grew up on all Hungarian food.