I am not a vegetarian, nor am I an experienced vegetarian cook *hides his various cookbooks with entire sections dedicated to the subject*
This is the placeholder for the working prototype of the vegetarian alternative to "The soup of 1000 deaths" I REFUSE to just strip it of its meatses and declare it done, or dumb it down to a simple cream of mushroom.
Pot A) 2 cups (sliced not diced) shitake mushrooms simmered in about 2 cups veggie broth
Pot B) saute' 1/2 bulb fennel or 1/2 white onion (preference) in 2 tbs butter. Medallion and dredge 3 stalks of fennel or 1 leek in panko.
Pot C) fry the dredged crunchy veggies, retrieve and cool when gbd
Pot D) (and you should probably do this step ahead) boil 1 cup of dry split broad beans
Combine A and B, add about 1 heavy handful of shaved parmesan, and 1/8th-1/4th pint of heavy cream,mind color texture.
Top with beans, sprigs of fennel and the crunchies
See prior serving options along with using the soup to top diced tubers or hard squash of your preference.
