--- draft: true title: Cream of Mushroom Soup date: 2022-10-08 preptime: 20 cooktime: 60 serves: 5 tags: - hot - meal - soup - vegetarian ingredients: - label: Butter amount: 25 unit: grams - label: Cream (40%) amount: 750 unit: milliliter - label: Mushroom amount: 500 unit: grams - label: Parsley - label: Parmesan amount: 50 unit: grams - label: Vegetable Stock amount: 100 unit: milliliter - label: Onion amount: 200 unit: grams - label: Shallot amount: 50 unit: grams stages: - label: Preparation steps: - Cut the onions in half circles. - Cut the shallots into half circles. - Cut the mushrooms into quarter slices. - Grate the parmesan. - Finely chop the parsley. - label: Caramelizing the Onion steps: - Get your soup pot, and add the butter to it. - Set your stove to medium-high. - Let the butter melt completely. - Add the onions to the pot. - Add the shallots to the pot. - Cook until the onions become soft, about 5 minutes. - Turn your stove to low-medium heat. - Continue cooking while stirring occasionally, until the onions become brown. - label: Soup steps: - Deglaze the pot with the vegetable stock. - Add the mushrooms. - Cook until the mushrooms turn soft, about 10 minutes. - Add the cream. - Add the parmesan. - Add the parsley. - Stir everything together, and let cook for about 5 more minutes. - Add salt and pepper to taste. --- My own take of a cream-based mushroom soup.