Wisconsin Cheese and Beer Soup

Categories: Soups

Serves: 1 Servings

Ingredients:

1/2 Stick butter
4 Links Aidells® smoked
-chicken/apple sausage;
-chopped
2 c Chopped onion
2 c Diced carrot
1 c Thinly sliced celery
1/3 c All-purpose flour
1 12-oz bottle lager beer
3 c Chicken stock
2 c Diced red potatoes
2 c Milk
3 c Grated sharp cheddar cheese
1 ts Dried thyme
2 ts Worcestershire sauce
2 ts Paprika
2 tb Tomato paste
Salt and pepper; to taste
Tabasco® sauce; to taste

Instructions:
In a 4-quart pot, melt butter over medium heat. Put in sausage, onions,
carrots and celery, and cook 5 minutes. Stir in flour. Whisk in the beer
and stock and bring to a boil. Lower the heat and simmer until the soup
thickens slightly, 5 minutes. Add potatoes and cook for 5 to 10 minutes
until tender. Stir in milk, cheese, thyme, Worcestershire, paprika and
tomato paste. Continue stirring until cheese is melted and soup is smooth.
Taste for salt, pepper and Tabasco.

Sausage substitutions: Smoked Chicken and Apple Sausage, Smoked Hunter's
Sausage, Smoked Bier Sausage, Cajun Brand Andouille, Smoked Duck and Turkey
Sausage, Smoked Whiskey Fennel Sausage, Smoked Turkey and Chicken Pesto
Sausage.

Recipe by: www.aidells.com

Posted to recipelu-digest by "Crane C. Walden" on Mar
23, 1998

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