Cream of Mushroom Soup

Description:
This is another easy recipe. If you believe in making your own chicken stock (and I do because I don't like not knowing what really goes into those little cubes of stock), then that will be the most laborious of all tasks in this recipe.

Ingredients:
500g fresh button mushrooms, sliced (I also remove the stalk/stem of the mushrooms)
2 tsp olive oil
1/2 tbsp butter
4 cloves garlic, crushed
1 cup chicken stock (that's 250ml)
4 stalks fresh coriander leaves, chopped
1/2 cup cream
1/2 cup water

Directions:
1. Marinate mushrooms with olive oil for about 10 minutes.
2. Melt butter and saute garlic.
3. Add mushrooms and saute for about 5 minutes. Remove from heat.
4. Combine mushrooms above and chicken stock and puree for about 5 minutes.
(This calls for a blender. What I do is, I just leave the mushrooms in the pot, add the chicken stock to it, then use a hand blender to puree everything. It's much neater that way and less messy. And, whatever blender you use, make sure it's not one that you use for chillies and other hot stuff. I have 2 blenders - one traditional blender for chillies/onions etc and one hand blender for making kids' food and ang-moh recipes like this.)
5. Pour everything back into the pot (if you were using a traditional blender. Otherwise just turn the heat on again.)
6. Add water and cream. Bring mixture to a boil for about 10 minutes. You migh need to add some salt if you were using