How to Cook Tasty Sig's Bread and Mushroom soup

Sig's Bread and Mushroom soup.

You can cook Sig's Bread and Mushroom soup using 11 ingredients and 5 steps. Here is how you achieve it.

Ingredients of Sig's Bread and Mushroom soup

1. Prepare 40 grams of unsalted butter ,melted.
2. Prepare 500 head of Portobello mushrooms, thinly sliced.
3. You need 1 large of Spanish onion, peeled and chopped very finely.
4. You need 150 ml of 1/2 cup of evaporated milk.
5. Prepare 150 ml of water or 1/2 cup.
6. You need 4 of to 5 slices of soft white bread, broken into small bits.
7. You need 1 of or 2 good pinches of cayenne pepper.
8. Prepare 1 of or 2 pinches of salt.
9. It's 1 1/2 tbsp of fresh chopped coriander or parsley for garnish ( if using dried parsley only use half the amount compared to the fresh as dried herbs are stronger in flavour).
10. Prepare 150 ml of heavy or double cream ( optional ).
11. It's 3/4 tbsp of cognac or brandy ( optional).

Sig's Bread and Mushroom soup step by step

1. Gently heat the butter in a pan, sauté the onions and the mushrooms in this until they are soft but not browned.
2. Add the torn or shredded white bread and the milk and water , leave to soak in for about ten minutes..
3. Puree all ingredients except the double cream and brandy if using in the soup and return to heat , do not boil , add more milk or water if you want it thinner.
4. Add the parsley, you can use dried (but only use half the amount ) and cream if using and season with salt and the pepper.
5. Add the cognac if using stir into soup Serve..