Cream of Mushroom Soup

Ingredients

• 1 Onion
• mushrooms
• garlic
• parsley
• butter or margarine
• flour
• milk and cream

Method

• Finely chop the onion and mushrooms, crush the garlic and chop the parsley.
• Melt a little butter in a pan and fry the onion and garlic.
• Add the mushrooms and fry briefly but do not allow them to go dark in colour.
• In another pan, melt a large quantity of butter and heat.
• When hot, add the flour and stir in vigorously to obtain a thick smooth paste.
• Keep over the heat while stirring.
• Add the milk little by little and stir vigorously over a gentle heat while stirring.
• Stop adding the milk when you have a smooth sauce.
• Add the fried mushrooms and onions to the sauce.
• Liquidize the sauce.
• Return to the pan and heat it almost to boiling but do not allow it to boil.
• Add the cream. Add the finely chopped parsley.