Mock tripe soup: Slice 500 g of oyster mushrooms into thin strips like tripe

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1. Prepare the mushrooms

   Clean the oyster mushrooms and cut off the tough bases of the clusters. Slice the caps into thin strips about 1 cm wide to resemble sliced tripe.

2. Sauté the onion

   5 min

   Finely chop the onion. Heat the oil in a pot and sauté the onion over medium heat until translucent.

3. Cook the mushrooms

   10 min

   Add the mushrooms, stir, and cook uncovered until they release their liquid and it has almost completely evaporated.

4. Make the roux

   2 min

   Sprinkle the flour over the mushrooms and cook for 2 minutes, stirring constantly. Remove the pot from the heat and stir in the paprika, which would quickly turn bitter over the heat. Immediately pour in 1.2 l of cold water, stirring constantly to prevent lumps.

5. Simmer the soup

   25 min

   Add the bay leaf and allspice, bring the soup to a boil, then simmer over low heat for 20 minutes. Add the garlic passed through a garlic press and the marjoram rubbed between your fingers. Season with salt and pepper and simmer for another 5 minutes.

6. Serve

   Remove the bay leaf and allspice berries. Serve the soup hot with bread.

Tip: Instead of slicing the mushrooms, you can tear them by hand along the grain into thin strips—the irregular pieces look even more like tripe.

This recipe was translated from the Slovak original: Falošná držková z hlivy: 500 g hlivy nakrájate na tenké rezance ako držky