Ingredients:

• Button Mushrooms – 200 g, sliced
• Celery – 2 stalks, chopped
• Spring onions – 1/2 cup, chopped
• Garlic – 2 tsp, finely chopped
• Water or Chicken stock – 750 ml
• Milk – 250 ml
• Salt & pepper – to taste
• Dried shitake Mushrooms -3
• Spring onion greens – 4 tbsp for garnish

Method:

1. Combine all the ingredients from mushrooms to water or stock.
2. Heat till it begins to boil.
3. Lower the flame and gently simmer for 10-15 minutes.
4. Meanwhile, if using dried shitake mushrooms, soak them in 1/2 cup of boiled water.
5. Cool the cooked vegetables and blend till smooth.
6. Add milk, salt and pepper to taste.
7. Drain the shitake mushrooms from water, discard the stalks and chop the caps and add to the soup.
8. Heat thoroughly and serve garnished with chopped spring onion greens.