MUSHROOM, WALNUT AND CHESTNUT SOUP

You´re probably thinking: "There she goes, with another soup", but what can I do, I can´t help it!!, I´m crazy about soups and creams, and at the end of summer I saw this recipe in one magazine and thought I had to make it, but when I read there were chesnuts in this recipe, I inmediately thought about Christmas or well, winter to be more exact.  This soup is comforting, warming and great for packing in the healthy nuts. 

MUSHROOM, WALNUT AND CHESTNUT SOUP

INGREDIENTS

2tbsp olive oil, plus extra to drizzle

1 onion, roughly chopped

2 garlic cloves, crushed

400g chestnut mushrooms, roughly sliced

200gr chesnuts, pack whole cooked vacuum-packed, chopped (if not, you´ll have to boil them first)

50gr walnuts

1 litre vegetable stock

Handful of parsley, finely chopped (optional)

METHOD

If the chestnuts aren´t cooked, you´ll have to boil them first. Cut the edge with a knife and cook them in a pressure cook for 5 minutes. Peel them.

Heat the oil in a large pan and gently fry the onion for 1omin or until it has softened.

While the onion is cooking, peel the walnuts.

Slice the mushrooms too.

Turn up the heat and add the garlic and mushrooms and cook for about 5min, stirring frequently, or until any liquid given off by the mushrooms has evaporated.

Add the chestnuts and the walnuts too.

Add the stock and some seasoning. Bring up to the boil and simmer for 15min. Carefully blend until completely smooth, then return to the pan and check the seasoning. Divide among four soup bowls. Top each with a drizzle of oil and some parsley if using. 

DONE!