Tuesday, February 15, 2011

MUSHROOM SOUP, BEST EVER

http://www.recipezaar.com/recipe/getrecipe.zsp?scaleto=2&id=48974

This is a simple but warming soup which tastes so good you will never want tinned again! I learned it at school and have cooked it for years, including at sea for 15 hungry sailors who loved it!
by AndreaB

2 servings 1 hour 35 min prep

8 ounces closed cup mushrooms
1 medium onion
1 little butter
sunflower oil
1 pint good chicken stock
2 tablespoons flour
1/4 pint whole milk
fresh ground salt & pepper

dice onion small.
clean and halve mushrooms.
fry onion in the butter and oil for 2 minutes.
add mushrooms for a further 4 minutes.
sprinkle flour into pan and stir well to remove lumps.
add half of the stock.
stir and scrape cooked flour off bottom until thickening.
add half the milk stirring all the time.
continue to add stock and milk in turn until all added.
adjust seasoning and add plenty of pepper.
simmer very gently for 20 minutes.

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