Cream of Mushroom Soup.

You can cook Cream of Mushroom Soup using 10 ingredients and 6 steps. Here is how you cook that.

Ingredients of Cream of Mushroom Soup

1. It's 1/4 cup of butter.
2. You need 2 of small or 1 large shallots OR 1 small onion.
3. It's 4 cloves of minced garlic.
4. You need 1 1/2 lbs of assorted mushrooms.
5. You need 1/4 of heaping cup flour.
6. Prepare 1 tbsp of fresh or 1 tsp dried thyme.
7. It's 1/2 cup of dry white wine.
8. It's 1 qt of mushroom stock or vegetable broth.
9. Prepare 1 cup of light cream or half and half.
10. You need to taste of Salt and black and/or white pepper.

Cream of Mushroom Soup step by step

1. In a soup pot melt the butter over medium-high heat..
2. Add the shallots (or onion) and garlic, add a healthy pinch of kosher salt and sweat until fragrant..
3. Add mushrooms, thyme and another pinch of salt. Cook the mushrooms until they let off most of the liquid..
4. Add the flour and stir until the ingredients look gummy, add wine to deglaze..
5. After the wine has loosened the flour add the stock or broth, season to taste and stir to combine. Bring to a gentle boil then simmer for 20 to 45 minutes..
6. Add cream taste for seasoning then serve and enjoy..