Wild Mushroom and Wild Rice Bisque

Extreme elegance meets stick-to-the-ribs heartiness in this robust soup. It calls for a combination of dried wild mushrooms and fresh exotic ones. Most of the fresh mushrooms sold as “wild” in your supermarket are actually cultivated mushrooms, similar to the common white button mushroom, but because they have more flavor, a meatier texture, and are generally darker in color, we use them like the foraged wild mushrooms they resemble. Wild rice is a prime candidate for slow cooking. Its toug