Ciorba falsa de burta din ciuperci pleurotus

When you want to eat tripe soup but you have no tripe, try this recipe: Ciorba falsa de burta
200 g kaiser, bacon or speck, 2 chopped onions, 500 g pleurotus mushrooms (oyster mushrooms), 1 tablespoon of oil, salt, pepper, dried thyme, 1 red pepper, 1 medium grated carrot
Liaison sauce: 4 fresh egg yolks, 300 g sour cream or creme fraiche, 4-5 cloves of crushed garlic

Chop the onion and the kaiser into cubes. Clean the mushrooms and cu them in stripes.
Saute the onion and the kaiser in very little oil. Add the sliced mushrooms and season everything with salt and pepper. Add the diced red pepper and sautee everything for a few more minutes.
Pour 2.5 L of hot water and add a little dried thyme. Thyme goes well with mushrooms and garlic. Bring everything to a boil and cook it for 20 minutes.
In a small saucepan, cook the carrot on low heat until softened, stirring constantly. Add it to the soup and let it boil there for 5 minutes.
Turn off the heat and let it cool for a few minutes.
Make the liaison: In a large bowl, mix the 3 egg yolks with the cream and crushed garlic and salt.
Add a laddle of hot soup over, mix it well, add another laddle of soup and then you cand pour it in the soup pot and mix it well with a whisk.