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      Title: Tomato Mushroom Soup
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      Yield: 12 Servings
 
      1 lb Mushrooms; sliced
      6 tb Butter; divided
      2 md Onions; minced
      1    Clove garlic; minced
      2    Carrots; chopped
      3    Ribs celery; finely chopped
      3 tb Flour
      8 c  Beef broth
      2    Tomatoes; peeled, seeded &
           .. chopped
      1 pt Tomato sauce
      1 ts Salt
    1/2 ts Pepper
      3 tb Minced fresh parsley
           Sour cream; optional
 
  sauté mushrooms in soup pot in 4 tablespoons
  butter until tender. Remove mushrooms; set aside.
  sauté onions, garlic, carrots and celery in
  remaining butter until vegetables are tender. Stir
  in flour; pour in broth, tomatoes, tomato sauce,
  salt, pepper and half of the reserved mushrooms.
  Cover; simmer about 30 minutes. Stir in parsley
  and remaining reserved mushrooms; heat through.
  Garnish with sour cream, if desired.
  
  Makes about 3 quarts.
 
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