Recipes and Cooking Mushroom Soup 4.1 (15) Add your rating & review This quick and easy soup makes a great rich and savory starter for your holiday dinner. By BHG Test Kitchen BHG Test Kitchen The Better Homes & Gardens Test Kitchen has been in continuous operation for nearly 100 years, developing and testing practical, reliable recipes that readers can enjoy at home. The Test Kitchen team includes culinary specialists, food stylists, registered and licensed nutritionists, and other experts with Bachelor of Science degrees in food science, food and nutrition, or culinary arts. Together, the team tests more than 2,500 recipes, produces more than 2,500 food images, and creates more than 1,000 food videos each year in the state-of-the-art test kitchen. Learn about BHG's Editorial Process Published on June 14, 2011 Print Rate It Share Share Tweet Pin Email Prep Time: 20 mins Cook Time: 15 mins Total Time: 35 mins Servings: 12 Jump to Nutrition Facts Ingredients ¼ cup butter 1 medium white onion, chopped 4 cloves garlic, minced 2 bay leaves 2 teaspoon fresh snipped rosemary 1 ½ pound button mushrooms, coarsely chopped 2 14 ounce can chicken or vegetable broth 2 cup whipping cream 1 cup bottled roasted red peppers, drained 2 tablespoon olive oil Directions In large saucepan melt butter. Add onion, garlic, bay leaves, and rosemary; cook over medium heat 5 minutes or until onion is tender. Add mushrooms; cook and stir 5 minutes. Add broth; bring to boiling. Reduce heat; simmer, uncovered, 5 to 10 minutes more or until mushrooms are tender. Remove bay leaves. Cool slightly. In processor or blender, a third at a time, blend soup until almost smooth. Repeat with remaining soup. Return to the pan; season with salt and pepper. Bring to boiling. Whisk in cream; heat through. Mash peppers; stir in oil. To serve, ladle soup in bowls, top with mashed peppers, sprinkle snipped rosemary. Serves 12. Rate it Print Nutrition Facts (per serving) 217 Calories 21g Fat 5g Carbs 3g Protein Show Full Nutrition Label Hide Full Nutrition Label Nutrition Facts Servings Per Recipe 12 Calories 217 % Daily Value * Total Fat 21g 27% Saturated Fat 12g 60% Cholesterol 66mg 22% Sodium 408mg 18% Total Carbohydrate 5g 2% Total Sugars 2g Protein 3g Vitamin C 36mg 180% Calcium 30.3mg 2% Iron 0.5mg 3% Potassium 252mg 5% Folate, total 12.1mcg Vitamin B-12 0.1mcg Vitamin B-6 0.1mg *The % Daily Value (DV) tells you how much a nutrient in a food serving contributes to a daily diet. 2,000 calories a day is used for general nutrition advice.