Polish style mushroom soup

Wash and peel vegetables. Carrot and potatoes chop in to small cubes (about 5mmx5mm).

Pour water in to a pan (sufficient to contain 4-5 portions of soup). Add chicken part (If you are vegetarian you can skip that part) and spices: salt, pepper, 2 bay leafs, few corns of pepper and allspice, you can also add a stock cube for fuller taste. Add chopped vegetables and peeled parsley. Cook about 20 minutes (until carrot and potatoes will be half soft).

Meanwhile peel mushrooms and chop them in to small pieces (e.g. thin stripes) and stew them for few minutes on frying pan. Add to soup. Then cook another 10-15 minutes.

To thicken a soup you can:

- pour few spoons of hot soup in to a cup and then add few spoons of cream. Stir it quickly and to soup stir all the time. (When you thicken a soup it can't boil because cream can curdle)

- mix few spoons of flour with water in a cup and add to the soup, wait until soup thickens

Add salt and pepper to taste.

Also instead of potatoes you can serve it with pasta (butterflies, twists, shells - it is entirely up to you).

Some people don't chop carrot but grate it.

Personally I like to eat that soup with bread.

I hope you will enjoy that recipe

Smacznego! Bon apetit!