Recipe: Mostly Mushroom Soup

Mostly Mushroom Soup
Recipe By : Felicia Pickering
Serving Size : 4

4 cups chicken broth or stock
1 pound white button mushrooms, cleaned and sliced
1 medium onion, coarsely chopped
2 cloves garlic, coarsely chopped
1 teaspoon salt
1 cup milk or cream
chopped parsley or chives for garnish
freshly ground black pepper

Bring the stock, mushrooms, onion, garlic and salt to a boil. Reduce heat and simmer until all the ingredients are quite limp. Add the milk or cream and process or blend until very smooth. Adjust salt. Garnish soup with parsley or chives and a few twists of freshly grated black pepper. Serve with bread and a salad.

Variation: Add 1/2 to 1 cup of cooked black beans and a few tablespoons of chopped sauteed shallots or scallions to the finished soup.