Cream of Mushroom Soup
Last week Will was playing with some wooden vegetables that you "cut" in half with a wooden knife (they are velcro-d together), and when he gave half a mushroom to Peter, Peter said "yum, now I can make a cream of mushroom soup". That sounded totally delicious to me, so when we got home I found a recipe & made some! And it was just as delicious as I had imagined :-)
Cream of Mushroom Soup
25g butter
1 tbsp oil
4 spring onions
400g mushrooms
1-2 cloves garlic, crushed
a splash of dry white wine or dry sherry
1 medium potato, peeled & diced
850ml chicken stock
salt & pepper
4 tsp extra thick cream
juice of 1/2 lemon
Heat the butter & oil in a saucepan over medium to high heat * fry the spring onions, mushrooms & garlic (will probably need more butter/oil - I know I did!) for 5 mins until softened & most of the juice has evaporated. Splash in the wine/sherry & allow to reduce. Add the potato, chicken stock & salt & pepper to taste. Reduce the heat, cover, & simmer for about 20 mins until the potato is tender. Coll it a bit, then puree. Return it to a low heat & stir in the cream & lemon juice, reheat & serve.
It was especially tasty served with the buns I had just made, fresh from the oven so the butter melted into them...
Cream of Mushroom Soup
25g butter
1 tbsp oil
4 spring onions
400g mushrooms
1-2 cloves garlic, crushed
a splash of dry white wine or dry sherry
1 medium potato, peeled & diced
850ml chicken stock
salt & pepper
4 tsp extra thick cream
juice of 1/2 lemon
Heat the butter & oil in a saucepan over medium to high heat * fry the spring onions, mushrooms & garlic (will probably need more butter/oil - I know I did!) for 5 mins until softened & most of the juice has evaporated. Splash in the wine/sherry & allow to reduce. Add the potato, chicken stock & salt & pepper to taste. Reduce the heat, cover, & simmer for about 20 mins until the potato is tender. Coll it a bit, then puree. Return it to a low heat & stir in the cream & lemon juice, reheat & serve.
It was especially tasty served with the buns I had just made, fresh from the oven so the butter melted into them...