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How To Make Cream Of Mushroom Soup

Cream of Mushroom Soup Recipe. Creamy mushroom soup accompanied with crusty bread, deliciously warming for a chilly winter's day. Enjoy our Cream of Mushroom Soup recipe. Enlarge

How To Make Cream Of Mushroom Soup

Cream of Mushroom Soup Recipe. Creamy mushroom soup accompanied with crusty bread, deliciously warming for a chilly winter's day. Enjoy our Cream of Mushroom Soup recipe.

Prep:
30m
Cook:
40m
Total:
1h:10m
Serves:
4

Step 1: You will need

  • 60 g butter
  • 1 small onion, diced
  • 4 stalks of celery, diced
  • 1 leak, chopped
  • 200 g mushrooms, chopped
  • 3 tbsp flour
  • 340 ml milk
  • 460 ml chicken stock
  • salt and pepper to taste
  • 1 saucepan
  • 1 wooden spoon
  • 1 liquidizer
  • 1 ladle

Step 2: Melt the butter

Place the pan over a low heat, add the butter and leave it to melt.

Step 3: Add the vegetables

Add the diced onion, celery, leeks and mushrooms. Sweat them in the butter for about 5 mins without allowing them to colour.

Step 4: Add the flour

When the vegetables are soft and onions translucent, add the flour and mix it in well.

Step 5: Add the milk and chicken stock

Pour in the milk and then the chicken stock and stir.

Step 6: Season with salt and pepper

Before leaving the soup to cook, season it well with salt and pepper.

Step 7: Cook for 25 minutes

Leave the soup to cook for about 25 minutes, stirring occasionally.

Step 8: Liquidize the soup

After the 25 minutes and when you see the soup has turned creamy, pour it into a liquidizer and blend until no bits remain.

Step 9: Taste and season again

Taste the soup and if necessary season again then ladle it into a large bowl and serve with crusty bread.