July 2, 2021

Recipe for Cream of Mushroom Soup

Name: Recipe for Cream of Mushroom Soup
Prep time: 20 min
Cook time: 25 min
Total time: 45 min
Ingredients: 10-12 Button Mushrooms(thoroughly washed and chopped fine); 2 medium cloves of Garlic chopped fine; 1 Tbspn Butter(optional); 2 Cups of Unsweetened Cooking Cream(If you’re in India you can use Amul, If Dubai, then Almarai. Or any cooking cream with 27% or more fat content); 2 cups of Water or if you have Veg or Chicken Stock, even better; 1/2 Tspn Salt(you can add more later if you like); 1/2 Tspn Black Pepper Powder; 1 sliced cheddar cheese or 10 gms of grated cheddar cheese; Some Crushed Pepper; Some Dried Parsley(optional)

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Recipe for Cream of Mushroom Soup

Mushroom Soup is something I’ve enjoyed at almost all Buffets I’ve been too. And now I sit to wonder why is this soup so commonly served?? If you know the answer, please feel free to write to me:) And No, I'm not complaining, I just love that soup.

My love for Mushrooms started when Dad used to get it in some form or the other from his Hotel. He worked in the Engineering department in the Hospitality Industry, so don’t worry nothing related to food! hahah

He never ate at his workplace stating he was fedup of the 'rich' food. So, he would get his share of food home, and it used to be Party time for us kids and all the kids in the building. We would be awake till 11 pm only to see what “Jack uncle” has brought. I still remember when Dad would go to work, “Bye Dada, Get haan” would be our bukkad voices saying Bye to Dad! I’m sure any other child would say Have a nice day or take care hahahahaha But No!

Mom has never cooked Mushrooms at home. It was never part of our Traditional cooking plus it used to be considered “Exotic” and overly expensive back in the day(and even now I guess) when it just started hitting the markets. So, I never got a chance to really experiment with Mushrooms. But now as and when I get a chance, I like trying out something or the other.

I was feeling a bit off and the doctor said I need to eat bland food and honestly I have no appetite for too much “Masala” suddenly. I hope it’s only temporary though! I saw Mushrooms in the fridge and some leftover cream from making Ganache last month. So, I just thought of the “Buffet Soup” and tried something out and it tasted so good and pretty close to the “Buffet Soup”. Here’s what I did

Course Appetizer

Keyword Buffet Soup, Cream of Mushroom, Easy Soup, Mushroom Soup, Soup

Prep Time 20 minutes

Cook Time 25 minutes

Total Time 45 minutes

Ingredients

10-12 Button Mushrooms(thoroughly washed and chopped fine)
2 medium cloves of Garlic chopped fine
1 Tbspn Butter(optional)
2 Cups of Unsweetened Cooking Cream(If you’re in India you can use Amul, If Dubai, then Almarai. Or any cooking cream with 27% or more fat content)
2 cups of Water or if you have Veg or Chicken Stock, even better
1/2 Tspn Salt(you can add more later if you like)
1/2 Tspn Black Pepper Powder
1 sliced cheddar cheese or 10 gms of grated cheddar cheese
Some Crushed Pepper
Some Dried Parsley(optional)

Instructions

Place all these ingredients together in a Vessel
Let it boil for about 30 minutes
Enjoy your Super delicious, Cream of Mushroom Soup
Note: I Love this soup nice and runny. But if you like your Mushroom Soup thick, you can add some Corn Flour Slury or All Purpose Flour Slury (A mixture of 2 Tbspn Corn flour or All Purpose Flour and 2 Tbspn Water)
You can make this soup using only Full Fat Milk too. Skip the Water/stock in that case
Another option is to Use Milk to water/stock in 3:1 ratio
You can also saute finely chopped onion in a vessel and then all other steps remain the same