Beer Cheese Soup

Recipe Ingredients

1		Onion - chopped (medium)
2		Celery stalks - chopped
1		Red bell pepper - chopped
5		Smoked bacon strips
1/4 cup	59ml	Olive oil
2		Chicken stock
1		Beer - see * Note
2 cups	474ml	Heavy cream
1 teaspoon	5ml	Fresh thyme
2 tablespoons	30ml	Hot pepper sauce
1 tablespoon	15ml	Worcestershire sauce
		Salt - to taste
		Freshly-ground black pepper - to taste
8 oz	227g	Sharp yellow cheese
2 oz	56g	Blue cheese

Recipe Instructions

* Note: Dark Bavarian bock or double bock works best in recipe.

Saute onions, celery, red bell pepper and bacon in olive oil. Drain off the oils and add stock, beer and cream. Bring just to a boil. Add thyme, hot pepper sauce, Worcestershire sauce, yellow cheese, blue cheese and salt and pepper to taste. If necessary, thicken with a mixture of 1 tablespoon firm butter combined with 1 tablespoon flour.

This recipe yields 6 servings.

Source:
Susan Wolfe on the http://www.eclix.net Food BB

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