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Chestnut Mushroom Soup with Blue Cheese Toasts

Chestnut Mushroom Soup with Blue Cheese Toasts

The classic pairing of blue cheese and mushroom meet in this delicious Chestnut Mushroom Soup with Blue Cheese Toasts. A quick and easy recipe from the Quick After Work Cookbook, which provides speedy recipes with big satisfying flavours that just hit the spot!



Chestnut Mushroom Soup with Blue Cheese Toasts

Ingredients

Olive oil 1 tbsp

Leek 1 small, trimmed, quartered lengthways and finely chopped

Celery 1 stick, finely chopped

Thyme 2 good sprigs, plus extra to serve

Chestnut mushrooms 250g (9oz), finely sliced

Vegetable Stock Pot or stock cube 1

Boiling water 600ml (1 pint)

Dried porcini mushrooms, snipped into small pieces with scissors to make 1 good tbsp

Ciabatta loaf ½, cut into 6 slices on the diagonal

Crème fraîche 3 tbsp

Salt and freshly ground black pepper

Soft blue cheese 75g (3oz)

Instructions

1

Heat the oil in a large saucepan and cook the leek, celery and thyme, covered, for 5 minutes, stirring occasionally, until softened.

2

Add the chestnut mushrooms, cook for a couple of minutes, then add the Stock Pot (or crumble in the stock cube) and pour in the boiling water. Sprinkle in the dried mushrooms, cover and simmer for 15 minutes.

3

Meanwhile, heat a griddle pan (or preheat the grill) and toast the ciabatta slices on both sides.

4

Take out the thyme stalks then whizz the soup with a stick blender, adding 1 tablespoon crème fraîche. Season well.

5

Spread the blue cheese on the toasts. Pour the soup into warmed bowls. Dot crème fraîche on top of the soup, grind over some black pepper, and sprinkle with a few fresh thyme leaves, if you like.

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