Cream of Mushroom Soup

Name: Cream of Mushroom Soup
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 25 min
Total time: 35 min
Yield: 4 servings
Cuisine: British
Ingredients: 600g mixed mushrooms, sliced; 1 large onion, diced; 4 cloves garlic, minced; 4 tbsp butter; 3 tbsp plain flour; 1L vegetable stock; 1/2 cup cream; 1 tsp dried thyme; salt and pepper to taste; toasted bread and truffle oil optional

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

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

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

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

Return reserved mushrooms. Add cream. Simmer 5 minutes.

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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