Mushroom soup with chickpeas

Step-by-step cooking

1. Step 1:

   

   1.To begin with, boil the mushrooms in salted water (you can cook them in chicken or vegetable broth, as you like). Cook for about 10 minutes.

2. Step 2:

   

   2. Cut onion, potato and celery into cubes.

3. Step 3:

   

   3. We pull the mushrooms out of the broth - it will be the basis of our soup. Fry the celery and potatoes (about 5-7 minutes). It is in toasted form that they will give a unique taste to the soup. If you don 't like the taste of fried , then just boil the potatoes with celery .

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   4. To prepare the puree, take 4-5 ladles of broth. First , fry the mushrooms with onions and add thyme .

6. Step 5:

   

   5. Add our ingredients to the blender: chickpeas, spinach, a mixture of celery, potatoes, mushrooms and onions. And definitely broth! We achieve a homogeneous mass and transfer it to our broth.

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   6. Mix thoroughly and put it to boil so that the broth acquires the desired consistency. It is very important to balance the soup with salt and sugar. For taste, add a clove of garlic and a quarter of hot pepper to the boiling broth. Hot pepper can not be added . Decide for yourself! Boil for 3-4 minutes. If you want to get a cream soup, at this stage you need to add cream to the broth and let them boil.

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   7. We take garlic and pepper out of the soup. We put the required amount on a plate. If you want to get 2 different soups, then add the cream directly to the plate. Then you will get a cream soup, and in the pan you will have a soup puree.

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   8. Done! Enjoy your meal! Source Old Sam