Receipes

Cahills Porter cheese soup

Ingredients

• 1 cup diced onions
• 1 cup diced celery
• 1 cup diced carrots
• 1 cup diced mushrooms
• 3/4 cup butter
• 1/2 cup flour
• 1 tsp dry mustard
• 5 cups chicken or vegetable stock
• I bunch broccoli
• II fl oz beer (use a can or bottle and save a swallow for the cook!)
• 6 oz cheddar cheese, grated
• 2 tblsp grated parmesan cheese salt & pepper to taste

Method:
Saute' the diced vegetables in butter.
Mix flour and mustard into sautaed vegetables.
Add the chicken or vegetable stock to mixture and cook for five minutes.
Break broccoli into small flowerets; cut stems into bite-sizes pieces.
Steam until tender-crisp.
Add beer and cheeses to the soup.
Simmer 10-15 minutes.
Check seasonings.
To serve, place some broccoli into a soup bowl and ladle the soup over it.