Cream of Mushroom

I decided to give it a try on making fresh mushroom soup and thought that it will be absolutely healthy and Caitlin absolutely loves soup. A very simple meal to make.

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Ingredients:-

- 300g fresh button mushroom

- 100g onion

- 2 cloves garlic

- 1 tbsp parsley

- 20g butter

- 40g plain flour

- 400ml chicken stock

- 400ml water

- 100ml pure cream

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Seasonings:-

- 1/4 tsp salt

- 1/2 tsp pepper

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1. Rinse mushrooms, drain and chop finely. Peel onions and garlic and chop finely. Chop parsley.

2. Add butter, onions and garlic in a 3 litre bowl and cook for 2 minutes. Remove from fire.

3. Add in mushrooms and plain flour to the onion mixture and stir till mixture becomes a paste.

4. Pour in the chicken stock and water gradually and stir constantly until smooth.

5. Bring to boil for about 5 minutes and reduce fire to medium and simmer for another 10 to 15 minutes.

6. Stir in pure cream and Seasonings and boil for another 3 minutes.

7. Garnish with parsley and serve.

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See? It isn't that difficult, is it? Do give this simple recipe a try and feel free to drop me a line....

Till my next recipe......Cheers!!

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Chicken Cacciatora

Seems like a complicated recipe by the title of the recipe, huh but I assure you it's not difficult. It's basically chicken cooked in lots of fresh tomatoes and in white wine. Here's the recipe....

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Ingredients:-

- 1kg ripe tomatoes or 2x400g tins of chopped tomatoes
- 1.5kg chicken, cut into 8 pieces
- 2 tbsps olive oil
- 2 onions, sliced
- 2 garlic cloves,, finely chopped
- 2 tbsps tomato paste (puree)
- 1 tsp sugar
- 1 1/2 tbsps finely chopped rosemary
- 2 bay leaves
- 185ml (3/4 cup) dry white wine
- 125ml (1/2 cup) chicken stock
- 1 tbsp lemon juice
- 80g (1/2 cup) kalamata olives (optional)
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1) If you are using fresh tomatoes, peel and seed them and cut into smallish dice.
2) Cut any excess skin and fat from the chicken pieces and season them well with salt and black pepper.
3) Heat oil in a frying pan over medium-high heat and cook the chicken peices a few at a time until golden brown.
4) Remove from pan and keep chicken pieces aside.
5) Add the onion to the pan and cook over low heat ntil wilted and just starting to caramelised (takes about 10 mins)
6) Add tomatoes, garlic, tomato paste, sugar, herbs, wine and stock. Bring to boil and then reduce the heat and simmer uncovered for about 15 mins or until reduced by half.
7) Add chicken pieces to sauce and season well with salt and pepper.
8) Add lemon juice, then cover and cook over very low heat for about 20-30 mins.
9) If using olives, add olives and then remove from the heat and leave covered for 10 mins.
10) Serve with butter rice and steamed vegetables.
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There!!! Another simple dish but absolutely yummy.......:D
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