A simple and light vegetable soup, great for lunch or as an appetizer. The fennel is complemented nicely with tomatoes, potatoes and a bit of garlic; even people who are usually not very fond of the anise-like taste of fennel might enjoy this soup. This recipe comes from a classic Belgian cookbook and I make it pretty often.
From Ruth Van Waerebeeks’s “Everybody Eats Well in Belgium Cookbook,” from her “Cooking With Beer” chapter. Fairly easy to make, and delicious.
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Where to find ingredients, if not in market: ***Lactarius deliciosus: In moss and perennial forests of pines, summer and autumn——————– ***Lycoperdon perlatum: In forests, on wood partly burrowed.—————- ***Hygrocybe punicea: In fields, above all of mountains, autumn———– ***Tricholoma portentosum: From October-December, hills, below spruce or pine trees —— ***INGREDIENTS AND QUANTITIES CAN BE CHANGED, NOT FIXED. ***To eat more, put 5 preps. To eat less, put 3 preps. HYGROCYBE PUNICEA CAN BE CHANGED FOR CLITOCYBE GEOTROPA ——————— TRICHOLOMA PORTENTOSUM CAN BE CHANGED FOR TRICHOLOMA ARGYRACEUM
From Ruth Van Waerebeek’s “Everybody Eats Well in Belgium Cookbook.” Labor intensive, somewhat messy and time-consuming to make, but people rave about these. Golden brown and crunchy on the outside, then mashed potato heaven inside. I’ve done what Ruth recommends: make the croquettes the day before, and just do the deep frying at dinner time.
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