Callaloo & Mushroom Soup

This Callaloo & Mushroom soup was one of those random things that popped into my head that I decided to try. I love callaloo and I love cream of mushroom soup and I figured they might work well together so here we are. This recipe doesn’t require anything fancy at all either.

Callaloo & Mushroom Soup

Ingredients

• 1/2 bundle callaloo bush (approx 8 stalks) chopped finely
• 1 1/2 lbs button mushrooms sliced
• 2 large onions diced
• 8 cloves of garlic minced
• 8 ochros thinly sliced
• 10 sprigs of fine thyme
• 1 cup coconut milk
• 2 cups water
• 2 tbsp oil
• salt & black pepper to taste

Method

1. Add oil to a pot then saute onions until translucent
2. Add garlic, chopped stalks and ochro, saute for 5 minutes
3. Add 3/4 of the sliced mushrooms along with callaloo bush
4. Cover and allow to cook for 5 minutes
5. Season with salt and black pepper then add fine thyme
6. Add coconut milk and water
7. Bring to a boil then cover and allow to simmer on low heat for 25 minutes
8. Add mixture to a blender then blend until smooth
9. Return soup to pot on low heat, season with salt and black pepper to taste
10. Simmer for another 5 minutes
11. Saute remaining mushrooms for 3 minutes
12. Serve soup topped with mushrooms
13. Enjoy

Now I keeping it 100, this tasted really good but t I found the callaloo was overpowering the mushrooms so I adjusted the recipe to use half a bundle of bush instead of a whole bundle.