Perfect for lunch or as an elegant starter for a dinner
party, this soup is simply made with just 10 minutes for ingredient preparation
and about 20 minutes of cooking time. Add delicious hot garlic toast to round
off the meal.
Creamy Mushroom Soup
1 pound of Mushrooms sliced – reserve ½ cup to add at the
end
1 medium Onion chopped
1 clove garlic chopped
½ tablespoon butter
2 cups milk
1 tablespoon cornstarch
1 chicken bullion cube
Plain yogurt or sour cream – optional
Parsley Chopped – optional
- Melt
butter in a pan and cook the mushrooms, garlic and onions with the pan lid
on, until soft – about 20 minutes. Remove from the heat and allow to cool.
- Place
½ the remaining ingredients in a blender with ½ the mushroom mixture.
Blend until smooth.
- Repeat
with the second ½ of the ingredients.
- Add
the remaining mushrooms. On the
stove heat the soup through stirring all the time adding more milk if
necessary. DO NOT BOIL.
Serves 2-3
Preparation time approximately 30 minutes
Easy Garlic Toast
½ cup soft butter
2 cloves garlic crushed
1 teaspoon dried parsley
1 loaf French bread
- Blend
the butter, garlic and dried parsley together until smooth.
- Cut
the French bread into slices.
- Toast
one side of the bread slices under the broiler taking care not to burn
them.
- Flip
the slices over to the un-toasted side and spread liberally with the
garlic butter.
- Place
back under the broiler and toast until the butter is bubbling.
- Serve
and enjoy.
Serves 2-3
Preparation time approximately 10 minutes
Chef Tips
Timing:
- Prepare
the garlic butter and slice the bread while the mushroom mix is cooking.
- Once
the soup has been blended and is being heated, follow steps 3 to 6 for the
garlic toast.
- This
will give you hot soup and bubbling garlic toast all at the same time.
Cutting Onions:
- Cut
the top and bottom off theonion and peel off the skin.
- Slice
the onion in half from root to top.
- Lay
the halves on the cutting board and make one more slice vertically into
the onion almost to the outer edge.
- Cut
along the veins of the onion.
- Turn
the onion and cut in the opposite direction to create finely diced pieces.
Did You Know
A serving 5 medium mushrooms only has about 20 calories
