Saturday, 9 May 2015

Recipe #107 Mushroom Soup

Shopping list


  • 500 gr sliced fresh mushrooms (or frozen)
  • 1/2 cup cashew nuts
  • 1 onion
  • 1 1/2 cups water
  • 1 stock cube 
  • sea salt
  • black pepper
  • garlic powder
  • paprika powder
  • fresh parsley
  • 2 tablespoons plain flour
  • 1/2 cup soya or almond milk
  • 1 tablespoon of olive oil
  • 1/4 cup nutritional yeast


Method 

Place the cashew nuts in a big bowl and cover them with hot water. Set aside.

Chop the onion and heat in in a big pan with the olive oil. Now add the mushrooms and let them cook partially for 1-2 minutes. Add the seasoning, the stock cube and the water. Add a handful of fresh parsley and cover to allow to cook for 15 minutes.

In the meantime prepare the cashew nuts. Drain the water and place the soaked cashews in a food processor. Chop them. Now add the milk to it and blend until you have a smooth paste. Set aside until the mushrooms are cooked through. Take 1/2 cup of the mushroom liquid and add this to the cashew/milk and blend again.
Pure the mushrooms (either in a blender or with a hand blender). Heat it again till it boils and now add slowly the cashew mix into the soup. At the end add the flour and the nutritional yeast and allow the soup to thicken. (add more flour if needed).