mushroom soup too grainy

[Chucklehead]

A basic mushroom soup for me is: onion and garlic, sweated down. Mushrooms added, cooked down. Add thyme, then chicken stock - then blend.

However it often turns out quite grainy, regardless of the amount of blending I do. I assume this is because of a water based stock rather than milk or cream.

I'm not keen on adding those kind of calories - is there anything I can do to get a smoother soup?

[sc0tt]

Tried straining?

[Pferdestarke]

Your blender isn't powerful enough to blend smoother. It's as simple as that.

The smaller the pieces are, the more energy they require to blend.

http://youtu.be/eCJ313gICFg

[Mobile Chicane]

Pferdestarke said:

Your blender isn't powerful enough to blend smoother. It's as simple as that.

The smaller the pieces are, the more energy they require to blend.

http://youtu.be/eCJ313gICFg

This.

Home made mushroom soup is never going to be as smooth as bought/canned, since my estimation is that most of these contain almost no mushrooms at all.

Put it through a sieve if you're that bothered. Otherwise - enjoy the texture and flavour.

[Chucklehead]

It's only lunch so I won't worry too much, I just wondered if I could try something different. Maybe stick it in the nutribullet rather than the hand blender?

[zygalski]

I use a blender & just push it through a reasonably fine sieve.
Adding a few chunks of potato with 20-25 minutes to go helps give a nice consistency to the soup.

[sherman]

Try washing the soil off the mushrooms before chopping them.

[Chucklehead]

Never wash mushrooms! But yes, they were free of soil

[Pferdestarke]

Mushrooms are loaded with water anyway.

Washing them adds a little more. But nothing that can't be driven off by a searing hot pan.

I don't routinely wash them. But if I do, they're no different.