Homemade Mushroom Soup For Two - cooking recipe

Ingredients

2 cups fresh mushrooms, cleaned and chopped finely (brown or white button, crimini or any mix)
1 tablespoon olive oil
3 garlic cloves, chopped
1 tablespoon butter
1 tablespoon chopped fresh thyme or 1 teaspoon dried thyme
1 bay leaf
1 teaspoon Worcestershire sauce
1 cup chicken stock
1 tablespoon flour dissolved in 1 tbsp water
kosher salt or sea salt
fresh ground black pepper
1/2 cup heavy cream
1/2 cup milk
1 dash nutmeg
fresh parsley or thyme (to garnish)

Preparation

Heat olive oil in a sauce pan. Add butter and lightly saute garlic over medium heat.
Add in mushrooms, thyme, bay leaf and Worcestershire sauce. Cook for 5 minutes or until the moisture from the mushrooms disappears.
Add in chicken broth. Stir occasionally until broth boils, then reduce heat and simmer for 10 minutes.
Add the flour/water mixture and stir constantly until the mixture thickens. Season with salt, pepper and nutmeg. Taste and adjust seasoning.
Finally, add milk and heavy cream and bring to a simmer. Turn heat off.
Garnish with fresh parsley or thyme.