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Cream of Mushroom Soup

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Cream of Mushroom Soup

A rich, earthy British mushroom soup with thyme and a swirl of cream. Cooking the mushrooms in batches without crowding the pan lets them brown deeply instead of steaming pale and watery.

Total time
35 min
Prep
10 min
Cook
25 min
Difficulty
easy
Cuisine
British
vegetarian

Ingredients

600gmixed mushrooms, sliced
1large onion, diced
4 clovesgarlic, minced
4 tbspbutter
3 tbspplain flour
1Lvegetable stock
1/2 cupcream
1 tspdried thyme
salt and pepperto taste
toasted bread and truffle oiloptional

Instructions

1

Cook mushrooms in butter until deeply golden — do not crowd. Remove and set aside.

2

In the same pan, cook onion 5 minutes. Add garlic and flour.

3

Add stock, thyme and three-quarters of the mushrooms. Blend until smooth.

4

Return reserved mushrooms. Add cream. Simmer 5 minutes.

5

Season generously. Serve with bread.

Nutrition (estimated)

Per serving, based on a standard 4-serving portion and standard nutrition references — not a lab or USDA-verified measurement.

Calories
240
Protein
7.7g
Fat
18.4g
Carbs
15.7g
Fiber
2.3g
Sodium
969mg

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