Ingredients

  • 3 cups chopped mushrooms (approx 300gms)
  • 100 g butter or 1/4 cup olive oil
  • 3 cloves garlic or 2 teaspoons crushed garlic
  • 1/2 cup fine chopped onion
  • 2 tablespoons flour
  • salt
  • ground pepper
  • 3 cups chicken stock (or 1/2 chick stock mixed with 1/2 milk)
  • To finish soup
  • 1/2 cup sour cream or 1/2 cup cream
  • 100 -150 g blue cheese, crumbled (1 - 2 wedges)
  • fine sliced mushrooms
  • chopped parsley

Method

  • Heat oil or butter in large pan- stirfry garlic, onions.
  • add mushrooms and cook for few minutes.
  • Stir through flour, salt& pepper Pour in chick stock or milk mix and simmer 5 mins.
  • Remove from heat& blend at least half of soup with blue cheese& cream or sour cream in blender or food processor.
  • Mix this puree back in pan with remainder of soup and serve with sliced mushrooms, chopped parsley and some crubled blue cheese to garnish.