Cream of mushroom soup

43 ratings

Cooking Time:30 mins

Serves:4 Adults

Cost:Low

This is a hearty and warming soup that is very easy to make – even if you have never cooked before.

About this recipe

This recipe is adapted from 101+ Square Meals.

Ingredients

10 mushrooms, chopped
1 medium onion, finely chopped
2 cloves of garlic, finely chopped
50g / 2 oz. of plain flour
1 teaspoon vegetable oil
425ml / ¾ pint of semi-skimmed milk
575ml / 1 pint stock (1 low salt vegetable stock cube dissolved in 575ml /1 pint of hot water)
Salt and pepper to taste

Method

Heat the oil in a saucepan
Add the mushrooms, onion and garlic and fry, stirring continually for 5 minutes
Add the flour and stir well. Cook for another 2 minutes
Gradually stir in the stock and milk and bring to the boil
Keep stirring
Simmer for 20 minutes, until thickened
Add salt and pepper, to taste

What you will need

Chopping board
Chopping knife
Measuring jug(for liquids)
Saucepan
Wooden spoon

Serving suggestions

Serve with crusty wholemeal bread.

Nutritional Information:

All our recipes are nutritionally analysed by our team of experts.

1/4 of this recipe contains

Energy

565kj

134kcal

Fat

3.9g

Saturates

1.3g

Sugars

7.3g

Salt

0.13g

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Food Safety

Keeping food safe in your fridge

Keeping food chilled in the fridge slows down the growth of bacteria. Between 5°C and 63°C is called ‘the danger zone’, where bacteria on food can grow to a point where they can make you ill.

HEALTHY EATING

Fruit and vegetables

Fruit and vegetables are an essential part of a healthy diet. In general, the more you can eat the better.

"Try using a variety of mushrooms or other vegetables such as celery. For flavour try thyme, parsley or mixed herbs."

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