Sig's Bread and Mushroom soup

Name: Sig's Bread and Mushroom soup
Total time: 1800 s
Yield: 4 servings
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: 40 grams unsalted butter ,melted; 500 head Portobello mushrooms, thinly sliced; 1 large Spanish onion, peeled and chopped very finely; 150 ml 1/2 cup of evaporated milk; 150 ml water or 1/2 cup; 4 to 5 slices of soft white bread, broken into small bits; 1 or 2 good pinches of cayenne pepper; 1 or 2 pinches of salt; 1 1/2 tbsp fresh chopped coriander or parsley for garnish ( if using dried parsley only use half the amount compared to the fresh as dried herbs are stronger in flavour); 150 ml heavy or double cream ( optional ); 3/4 tbsp cognac or brandy ( optional)

Sigrun @sigrun

German, living in England

Just love mushroom soup and had some bread that needed using.
Bread when pureed is a good thickening agent.

Sigrun @sigrun

German, living in England

Just love mushroom soup and had some bread that needed using.
Bread when pureed is a good thickening agent.

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Ingredients

30 mins

4 servings

40 gramsunsalted butter ,melted
500 headPortobello mushrooms, thinly sliced
1 largeSpanish onion, peeled and chopped very finely
150 ml1/2 cup of evaporated milk
150 mlwater or 1/2 cup
4to 5 slices of soft white bread, broken into small bits
1or 2 good pinches of cayenne pepper
1or 2 pinches of salt
1 1/2 tbspfresh chopped coriander or parsley for garnish ( if using dried parsley only use half the amount compared to the fresh as dried herbs are stronger in flavour)
150 mlheavy or double cream ( optional )
3/4 tbspcognac or brandy ( optional)

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Steps

30 mins

1

Gently heat the butter in a pan, sauté the onions and the mushrooms in this until they are soft but not browned
2

Add the torn or shredded white bread and the milk and water , leave to soak in for about ten minutes.
3

Puree all ingredients except the double cream and brandy if using in the soup and return to heat , do not boil , add more milk or water if you want it thinner
4

Add the parsley, you can use dried (but only use half the amount ) and cream if using and season with salt and the pepper
5

Add the cognac if using stir into soup Serve.