Roasted Mushroom Soup - Country Roads Magazine

Ingredients

• 1 stick of butter
• 1 bunch green onions
• 1/2 large sweet onion
• 5/6 cloves fresh garlic
• 3 tbsp. flour
• 1 tsp. red pepper
• 1 tsp. salt
• 1 lb. mushrooms (portabella, white, mix portion of portabella and white)
• 1 tbsp. chicken base (or mushroom stock from mushroom stems)
• 1 qt. water (stock of choice may be substituted for chicken base and water)
• 1 pint half and half