HOW TO MAKE CREAM OF MUSHROOM SOUP

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

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 1:

Melt the butter

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

Step 2:

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 3:

Add the flour

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

Step 4:

Add the milk and chicken stock

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

Step 5:

Season with salt and pepper

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

Step 6:

Cook for 25 minutes

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

Step 7:

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 8:

Taste and season again

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