5.0 from 3 votes
Mushroom Soup
This delicious creamy mushroom soup is easy to prepare and is equally good for lunch with some crusty bread or dressed up to serve as a dinner party starer.
Prep Time
10 mins
Cook Time
10 mins
Total Time
55 mins
Servings: 4 servings
Calories: 404 kcal
Course:
Soup
Cuisine:
European
Ingredients
For the croutons
- 4 lices stale bread cubed
- 2 tbsp olive oil
- ½ tsp garlic granules
- ½ tsp dried herbs I used Herbs de Provence
- 1 tbsp butter
- 1 tbsp olive oil to fry
- 1 onion finely diced
- 2 garlic cloves minced
- ½ tsp dried herbs I used Herbs de Provence
For the soup
- 600 g | 1lb 3 1/2oz mushrooms, preferably a mix of wild and cultivated, sliced
- 100 g | 3 1/2 oz cooked chestnuts or cubed potato
- 750 ml | 3 cups hot vegetable stock
- 125 ml | 1/2 cup single pouring cream + extra to drizzle
- Salt and pepper to season
- fresh thyme leaves to garnish
Instructions
- Toss the bread cubes in the garlic granules and herbs. Heat the olive oil in a non-stick pan and then fry the bread cubes, stirring often, until nicely coloured. Set aside.
- Select a handful of small mushrooms and pan fry in the same pan you made the croutons for five minutes. Set aside.
- Heat the olive oil and butter in a large pot and fry the onion and garlic over low heat until softened - about 5 minutes.
- Stir in the remaining mushrooms and continue to fry, stirring often, for a further 5-6 minutes.
- Add the chestnuts or potato and stock and bring to the boil.
- Reduce the heat to a simmer and cook for 30 mins.
- Use a blender to blitz the soup, in batches if necessary, until completely smooth.
- Return to the pot and stir in the cream - heat until warmed through.
- Check the seasoning and add salt and pepper to taste.
- Serve the soup sprinkled with thyme, garnished with a drizzle of cream and olive oil, a handful of croutons and a few mushrooms.
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Nutrition Information
Calories
404kcal
(20%)
Carbohydrates
38g
(13%)
Protein
9g
(18%)
Fat
26g
(40%)
Saturated Fat
11g
(55%)
Cholesterol
50mg
(17%)
Sodium
1237mg
(52%)
Potassium
713mg
(20%)
Fiber
3g
(12%)
Sugar
7g
(14%)
Vitamin A
947IU
(19%)
Vitamin C
16mg
(18%)
Calcium
84mg
(8%)
Iron
2mg
(11%)
Nutrition Facts
Serving: 4servings
Amount Per Serving
Calories 404
% Daily Value*
| Calories | 404kcal | 20% |
| Carbohydrates | 38g | 13% |
| Protein | 9g | 18% |
| Fat | 26g | 40% |
| Saturated Fat | 11g | 55% |
| Cholesterol | 50mg | 17% |
| Sodium | 1237mg | 52% |
| Potassium | 713mg | 15% |
| Fiber | 3g | 12% |
| Sugar | 7g | 14% |
| Vitamin A | 947IU | 19% |
| Vitamin C | 16mg | 18% |
| Calcium | 84mg | 8% |
| Iron | 2mg | 11% |
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.