Cream of Mushroom (simple & easy)

Cream of Mushroom (simple & easy)

Ingredient
1 block of butter (wt.250gm (buttercup brand))
1 pkt of fresh mushroom (shitake) - cut into small cube (wt.200gm)
800 gm of fresh milk (full cream)
6 tbsp of plain flour
1 litre of chicken stock
2 pieces of knorr chicken stock (1 piece = 1 tbsp of chicken stock)
170 gm of fresh cream (nestle brand)
2 pieces of yellow onion - chop finely
salt & pepper to taste


Method

1. Rinse the well-cut mushroom clean then set aside drain dry.

2. Cook the butter inside the pot under fire, use wooden scoop to fry.

3. Butter slight melted, add in the finely chopped yellow onion, then stir, reduce fire to medium.

4. Add plain flour to stir in, then fry well, add mushroom, stir, add chicken soup to stir well.

5. Add fresh cream to stir for 1 min, then add a bowl (300ml) of fresh milk first, stir them

6. Do not cover, stir and let it cook until thicken, in a slow fire, once thicken then off fire.

7. Add salt to taste, stir, if too thick, add fresh milk to dilute it - no fire below the pot.

ABC Beef Soup (for Zu)

Ingredients:
300gm beef
1 carrot
2 potatoes
2 tomatoes
1 onion
1.5 litre of water
1/2 tsp salt

Method:
1. Cut beef into bite-size pieces, wash, peel and out all the vegetables into pieces.

2. Put beef and onion in a soup pot, add water and boil over high heat, reduce to low heat and simmer for 1 hour.

3. Add in rest of vegetables, continue to cook for 1 hour more until beef is tender. Season with salt.

(adapted from Grandma's Soup cookbook)