| 1 | Saute onions in large pot with half the butter for 5 minutes. |
| 2 | Add mushrooms and crushed garlic along with dill, paprika, stock and tamari. |
| 3 | Simmer covered for 15 minutes. |
| 4 | in a saucepan, melt butter over medium heat and stir in flour. |
| 5 | Whisk while heating for 2 minutes, then add milk. |
| 6 | Stir often for 10 minutes or until thick. |
| 7 | Combine mushroom mixture with sauce and simmer for 15 minutes. |
| 8 | Add sour cream. |
| 9 | Add lemon juice and salt and pepper to taste before serving. |
| 10 | Top with chopped parsley. |
| 11 | notes: |
| 12 | * a rich dill, paprika and mushroom soup -- i first saw this at "old wives tale," a restaurant in portland, oregon. |
| 13 | The waiter there said that this had been on the menu every day for a year, and highly recommended it. |
| 14 | The soup was delicious. |
| 15 | I was pleasantly surprised to find a recipe for it in molly katzen"s "moosewood cookbook." yield: serves 3-4. |
| 16 | * tamari is a kind of soy sauce; if you can"t find it, you can use ordinary soy sauce. |
| 17 | : difficulty: easy. |
| 18 | : time: 1 hour. |
| 19 | : precision: approximate measurement ok. |
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