An extremely simple and quick, and most of all very tasty mushroom soup.

I had a bin of button mushrooms (champignons) that needed finishing, so I decided to try and make a soup out of it!

sliced mushrooms

I did not look up any recipes, I simply decided that baking/cooking it in butter would be a good start, and that the oils would probably also make the whole more tasty. And that it did! I used about 100-150g butter, about a third of the stick of butter I still had left over.

button_mushrooms_boiling_in_butter

After letting this simmer for a while on low heat (around 20-30 mins, until the mushrooms are well done), I decided to add some broth. I used a pre-made pot of boullion for this, rather than blocks, but you could probably achieve the same effect with some boullion/stock blocks.

button_mushrooms_in_stock

I then let this simmer for a while longer (like 20-30 mins), and simply poured this in a bowl without anything else, and to my surprise it was extremely good. I was initially thinking of adding more spices, veggies, or maybe blending the whole and adding something like potato to make it a solid thickened whole, but I decided not to because this was actually amazing just the way it was. It’s a good base for further experimenting though, and I do recommend trying out things with it if you do decide to make this.

Short version:

  • chop a whole bin of mushrooms

  • cook/bake them in lots of butter (I used about 150g I think, what I had left of the stick of butter which was just under a third)

  • add about a liter of water and stock (I used a pot of premade beef boullion with meat bits), and maybe some bacon/meats (I used sliced “Zeeuws spek”, a kind of bacon)

  • boil for a little, and taste. Bullion should already make it salty enough but you can add more things

half_coconut_with_mushroom_soup

Also see fediverse post about it here: https://mastodon.derg.nz/@anthropy/115973668178474856

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