Cream of Mushroom Soup

Cream of mushroom soup (serves 2 to 3)

Ingredients:

1.5 tbsp of butter

300g of button mushrooms, chopped roughly

200g shiitake mushrooms, chopped roughly

1 tsp minced garlic

400ml chicken stock or vegetable stock

50ml heavy cream

Salt

Black pepper

Olive oil

Instructions:

1) Heat up some olive oil in a skillet and fry the garlic for a short while. 

2) Add the butter. Once it has melted, add the mushrooms in and stir it evenly for around 7 to 10 minutes.

3) Add around 0.5 tsp of salt and the vegetable/chicken stock, then let it simmer (uncovered) for around 7 to 10 minutes.

4) Let the mixture cool, then blend it until it is smooth.

5) Add it back into the pot, whisk the cream in, and add some salt and black pepper to taste.