Cream of Mushroom soup

[kate58]

Just made this, was not sure how it would turn out and it is DELICIOUS!

Makes 4 small cups or 2 large mugs of soup

Ingredients

16 medium sized mushrooms
(these weighed 9oz raw, not sure how that works with cups!)
1 small onion
Small stick of celery
About 2" of Daikon (Chinese Radish)
1 clove garlic
3 fresh basil leaves
6 sprigs fresh parsley
3 pats butter (just over a tablespoon)
2 fl oz cream
1 pint chicken stock

Roughly chop 14 of the mushrooms and fry in a third of the butter, stirring as they cook, until they have absorbed the butter and are going slightly brown. Transfer them to a saucepan.

Roughly chop the onion, leek and daikon and fry in another third of the butter, again stirring, until the onions are becoming transparant and a little browned. Add in the chopped garlic and stir for a few seconds more. Transfer all that to the saucepan also.

Add the chicken stock and simmer for about 30 minutes. Then add the basil and parsley and let it simmer for another 2-3 mniutes.

Put the lot into a liquidiser or food processor and zap until smooth. Return to saucepan.

In the final third of the butter, fry the remaining two mushrooms, very thinly sliced. When they have absorbed the butter and are nicely browned put into the soup.

Just before serving, bring to the boil, then take off the heat and mix in the cream.

I served it sprinked with a couple of chopped chives and some paprika. It was YUM.

For the whole lot the totals are:

Calories: 454 Fat: 37g Total Carbs: 25g Fibre: 6g Net carbs: 18g Protein: 11g

[TIME2SHINE4-08]

Oh this sounds good! I'm making my guys tatertot hot dish as they requested tonight. I'll use your recipe to make myself a batch minus the tots.

Thanks for sharing!

[Alexa]

That looks yum! Thanks for sharing the recipe

[13_jane]

Thanks Alexa for posting the link in your journal! I'll have a go at this over the weekend - I need something new!!! lol

[Alexa]

Just to say - I'm not sure where the leel comes in that is mentioned - I just took it to mean celery. Also I blended mine, because my mushroom chunks were a bit large. Really lovely soup.

[13_jane]

Yes I like it blended - I was thinking about adding a bit of chicken and bacon too!! mmmm

[kate58]

You are right about the leeks, I meant celery!