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MUSHROOM SOUP WITH ROASTED RED BELL PEPPER AND FENNEL

2 medium red bell peppers
1 tablespoon olive oil
2 small bulbs baby fennel, chopped
900g button mushrooms, sliced
1/4 cup plain flour
6 cups chicken stock
1/3 cup buttermilk

Quarter bell peppers, remove seeds and membranes. Roast under grill or in very hot oven, skin side up, until skin blisters and blackens. Cover bell peppers with plastic or paper for 5 minutes; peel away skin, chop.

Heat oil in large pan, cook fennel and mushrooms 2 minutes. Add flour and cook, stirring, 2 minutes. Stir in stock and simmer, covered, 20 minutes or until mushrooms are tender. Blend or process soup in batches until pureed.

Just before serving, reheat soup in pan, stir in buttermilk, cook until heated through. Top soup with roasted bell peppers, and fennel leaves, if desired.

Serves 6.

Per serving: 4.4g fat, 162 calories.

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