Goldilocks' gourmet spinach soup
6 servings
Ingredients
| Quantity | Ingredient | |
|---|---|---|
| 5 | tablespoons | Butter, sweet |
| ¼ | pounds | Mushrooms, fresh; washed, dried, trimmed & diced |
| 1 | Scallion; chopped | |
| 5 | tablespoons | Flour, all-purpose |
| 2 | cups | Chicken broth |
| 2 | cups | Milk |
| ---*Dying for Chocolate* | ||
| Diane Mott Davidson | ||
| ½ | teaspoon | Salt; (opt) |
| Pepper, black | ||
| Nutmeg, ground; (opt) | ||
| ¼ | pounds | Cream cheese; softened & cut into cubes |
| 1 | cup | Swiss; grated |
| ¾ | pounds | Spinach, fresh |
Directions
Wash spinach; trim, cook, and chop. Melt the butter in a large saucepan. In it slowly saut‚ the mushrooms and scallion until tender.
Add flour and stir just until flour is cooked, a couple of minutes.
Whisk in first chicken broth and then milk, stirring until thickened.
Add salt if desired, pepper, nutmeg if desired, cream cheese and Swiss cheese; stir until melted. Then stir in spinach. Heat and stir very gently. Season to taste. Serve hot.