Cream Of Mushroom Soup
Servings: 4
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Ingredients
- 500 gms Regular white mushrooms cleaned, quartered or sliced
- 1 tbsp Lemon juice
- 1 tbsp Unsalted butter
- 6 Shallots / small onion sliced
- 1 tsp Dried thyme
- 1 small Bay leaf
- 1/2 tsp Pepper powder
- 2.5 cups Milk refer notes
- 1/2 - 1 cup Chicken stock / veg stock / water refer notes
- Minced parsley for garnish
- Salt
For white sauce (refer notes)
- 1/2 tbsp Salted butter
- 1/2 tbsp Plain flour
- 1/2 - 3/4 cup Whipping cream
Instructions
- Keep aside 4-5 mushrooms. Slice them finely and stir fry them with salt and pepper till it becomes golden brown n crispy.
- In a food processor, coarsely chop rest of the mushrooms and lemon juice.
- Melt butter in (4-5 quart) sauce pan and lightly sauté sliced shallots on medium heat. Add mushrooms, thyme and bay leaf, sauté over moderate heat for 10-15 minutes, or until the liquid that is released from the mushrooms disappears.
- Add salt, pepper, cream and chicken stock and bring to boil. Reduce heat and simmer for 20 minutes. Add white sauce (if using) and cook for another 5-7 mins. Add more salt and pepper if required and remove from fire.
- Add chopped fresh parsley and garnish with stir fried mushrooms.
- To make white sauce:
- Melt butter in a deep sauce pan and add flour. Roast it till the raw smell goes, 3-5 mins, on low flame. Add the whipping cream gradually and mix well. If it becomes too thick, add little milk to loosen it. It should have a pouring consistency.
Notes
I used 2.5 cups of low fat milk and 1/2 cup of water. I added 3 frozen chicken stock cubes.
You can also add Maggie or Knorr soup cubes instead of chicken stock for more flavour.
Since I used low fat milk, the soup wasnt creamy. So I added the white sauce to make it creamier.
The original recipe uses 2 cups of heavy / whipping cream instead of milk and 1.5 cups of chicken stock. If you prefer a rich and creamier version, you can use that. Also you can use half milk and half cream. You can customise the recipe to suit your requirements.
You can also add Maggie or Knorr soup cubes instead of chicken stock for more flavour.
Since I used low fat milk, the soup wasnt creamy. So I added the white sauce to make it creamier.
The original recipe uses 2 cups of heavy / whipping cream instead of milk and 1.5 cups of chicken stock. If you prefer a rich and creamier version, you can use that. Also you can use half milk and half cream. You can customise the recipe to suit your requirements.
