California Avocado-Mushroom Wonton Soup - California Avocados

Ingredients

• Wontons
• 8 oz. Crimini or white mushrooms, chopped coarsely*
• 3 medium California Avocados (ripe but firm), cut in tiny dice
• 1/4 cup medium sherry wine
• 3 Tbsp. soy sauce
• 1/2 cup finely chopped green onion (white and pale green only)
• 1 Tbsp. + 1 teaspoon Fresh lemon juice
• 1 Tbsp. + 1 teaspoon Asian (toasted) sesame oil
• 1/2 Tbsp. cornstarch
• 1/2 Tbsp. freshly grated ginger
• 1/4 tsp. salt
• 1 egg, beaten
• 72 thin wonton strips
• Soup
• 4 1/2 qt. Seasoned broth (recipe follows)**
• 3/4 lb. shiitake mushrooms, stemmed and sliced*
• 2 California Avocados, cut in 3/8" dice
• 6 oz. baby spinach leaves
• 1/2 cup fresh lemon juice
• Garnish
• As needed As needed Coriander leaves
• As needed As needed Carrot threads***
• *You may use one or more varieties of mushrooms.
• **Simmer, covered, 5 quarts clear vegetable stock or clear chicken stock, 2 ounces sliced ginger, 2 tablespoons soy sauce, 2 tablespoons medium sherry wine, and salt to taste for 30 minutes.
• ***To make carrot threads, pull zester down length of peeled carrot; repeat.