Quick and Easy, Creamy Mushroom Soup

Serves 4. Cooking and prep; 15-20 minutes

Ingredients;

3 tablespoons butter

1 teaspoon minced garlic

1 finely chopped shallot

500 gm sliced mushrooms

2 tablespoons flour (any kind you have on hand)

3 cups chicken stock

Salt and pepper to taste

Cream (roughly 1 tablespoon per person) and chives to garnish

Method;

Fry the first 5 ingredients from the above list, until mushrooms are soft.

Add the chicken stock, salt and pepper.

Blend 2/3 of the mixture, until smooth.

Stir remaining 1/3 of the mixture.

Serve either singly, or in a soup taurine and drizzle cream around the centre of the dish.  

Garnish with chopped chives.