Mushroom soup - Good Food Middle East

Ingredients

• 90g butter
• 2 medium onions, roughly chopped
• 1 garlic clove, crushed
• 500g mushrooms, finely chopped (chestnut or button mushrooms work well)
• 2 tbsp plain flour
• 1l hot chicken stock
• 1 bay leaf
• 4 tbsp single cream
• small handful flat-leaf parsley, roughly chopped, to serve (optional)