Ingredients

The following ingredients have 4 Servings
  • 20g dried porcini mushrooms, broken into pieces
  • 1/2 cup (125ml) olive oil
  • 30g unsalted butter
  • 400g Swiss brown mushrooms, sliced
  • 150g bacon, chopped
  • 1 leek, finely chopped
  • 2 garlic cloves, finely chopped
  • 400g can chopped tomatoes
  • 1L (4 cups) chicken stock
  • 300g desiree potatoes, sliced
  • 150g sourdough bread
  • 1/2 bunch dill, sprigs chopped
  • 1 Lebanese cucumber, thinly sliced into long ribbons, sliced into long matchsticks
  • 1 tsp white wine vinegar
  • 1/2 tsp caster sugar

Instruction

  • Preheat oven to 200°C. Place porcini mushrooms in a bowl with 1 cup (250ml) hot water, then set aside for 10 minutes.
  • Heat 1 tbs oil and half the butter in a frypan over medium-high heat. Add half the Swiss brown mushrooms, season and cook for 3-4 minutes until browned, then remove and set aside. Repeat with remaining butter, mushrooms and 1 tbs oil.
  • Heat another 1 tbs oil in the pan and cook the bacon for 3-4 minutes until crisp, then add leek and garlic, and cook for a further 2-3 minutes until softened. Add tomatoes and cook for a further 7 minutes or until reduced. Add stock, potato, Swiss brown mushrooms and porcini mushrooms and soaking liquid. Simmer for 10 minutes or until tender. Season to taste.
  • Drizzle bread with remaining 1/4 cup (60ml) olive oil. Scatter with dill and season with salt. Place on a baking tray and bake for 10 minutes or until golden.
  • For pickle, combine cucumber, vinegar, sugar and 1/2 tsp salt. Stand for 5 minutes.
  • Serve soup with pickle and croutons.