plain jane cooking - recipes for the novice:

mushroom soup

ingredients

mushrooms butter flour chicken stock cream angostura bitters - optional

2 1 1 3 100

cups tbs tbs cups ml sq

production

1. Melt the butter in a saucepan over a low heat
2. Add the rinsed mushrooms cut in half
3. Cook gently for 5 minutes
4. Add the flour and stir to combine
5. Add the stock and cream and bring to a simmer
6. Simmer for 10 minutes
7. Pour into a liquidiser and blitz until smooth
8. Return to saucepan and bring back to a simmer
9. If you use angostura bitters add just a few drops and stir through, you will be amazed at the boost this gives the soup
10. Taste, season and serve

chef notes:

For chicken stock recipe <click here>

To give the basic soup a twist add the following just before serving

• mascarpone
• sour cream
• cream cheese
• crumbled stilton or other blue cheese
• fried garlic slices
• garlic, celery or onion salt

Angostura bitters can be added t any mushroom based dish, or even
fried mushrooms, it gives the mushroom flavour an amazing lift.

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