Hot and sour mushroom soup

Name: Hot and sour mushroom soup
Cuisine: French
Ingredients: 1 litre/1¾ pints vegetable stock; 5 cm/2 inch piece fresh lemon grass stalk, chopped into very fine rings; 2 fresh red chillies, finely chopped; 225 g/8 oz oyster mushrooms or other fungi of your choice; 225 g/8 oz oyster mushrooms or other fungi of your choice; juice of 2 limes; 1 teaspoon Demerara or palm sugar; 4 kaffir lime leaves, torn into pieces, or zest of 1 lime; 4 kaffir lime leaves, torn into pieces, or zest of 1 lime; 1 teaspoon Demerara or palm sugar; chopped fresh coriander leaves, to garnish

Preparation info

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

Keith Floyd's Thai Food

By Keith Floyd

Published 2006

About

Ingredients

1 litre/1¾ pints vegetable stock
225 g/8

Europe
Asia
Thailand
France
Italy
Starter
Soup
Vegan
Gluten-free

Method

Pour the stock into a large pan and bring to the boil.
Add all the remaining ingredients except the coriander, reduce the heat and simmer, uncovered, until the mushrooms are just cooked.
Serve garnished with the chopped coriander.