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Endive and beer soup

Name: Endive and beer soup
Prep time: 30 min
Cook time: 35 min
Total time: 1 h 5 min
Yield: 5 people
Cuisine: French
Ingredients: 50 g onion; 500 g endives (head of chicory); 100 g potatoes; 3 tablespoons olive oil; 1 knob butter; 750 ml vegetable stock; 250 ml beer; 100 ml liquid cream; Salt; Pepper

For this soup, the endives (chicory) and onions are cooked gently together first before adding the vegetable stock and beer. The endives and beer give the soup a hint of bitterness and a unique flavour.

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Duration

1 hour 5 min.

Difficulty

Easy

Last modified on: October 16^th 2026

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For 5 people, you will need:

1 50 g onion
2 500 g endives (head of chicory)
3 100 g potatoes
4 3 tablespoons olive oil
5 1 knob butter
6 750 ml vegetable stock
7 250 ml beer
8 100 ml liquid cream
9 Salt
10 Pepper
Total weight: 1,805 grams

Times for this recipe

Preparation

30 min.

Cooking

35 min.

All in all

1 hour 5 min.

Preparation 30 min.

Cooking 35 min.

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Step by step recipe

Stage 1 - ⌛ 5 min.

Prepare and chop 50 g onion.

Stage 2 - ⌛ 15 min.

Prepare 500 g endives (head of chicory) and cut into pieces.

Stage 3 - ⌛ 5 min.

Peel and rinse 100 g potatoes, then slice but do not rinse again.

Stage 4 - ⌛ 5 min.

Melt 1 knob butter in 3 tablespoons olive oil in a large pan on medium heat, then add the onions and endives, salt and pepper.

Cook without colouring, stirring frequently.

Stage 5 - ⌛ 10 min.

Add 750 ml vegetable stock and the potatoes. Bring to the boil.

Stage 6 - ⌛ 20 min.

Add the beer, cover and leave to cook for 20 minutes.

Stage 7 - ⌛ 5 min.

Add 100 ml liquid cream to finish, then blend to give a smooth soup. Check the seasoning.

Stage 8

Serve with a drizzle of olive oil and garnished with a parsley leaf.

Remarks

Choose whatever beer you prefer, but preferably a light bitter or lager style.

No onions to hand? Just use shallots.

Keeping: A few days in the fridge in a selaed container.

Source: Based on a recipe by Thibault Van Aerde.

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Nutritional information

	Proteins	Carbohydrates	Fats	Calories	Energy
Per 100 g	4 g RDI=6 %	23 g RDI=9 %	16 g RDI=23 %	69 kcal RDI=3 %	289 kJ RDI=3 %
Per person	14 g RDI=23 %	84 g RDI=32 %	60 g RDI=84 %	248 kcal RDI=12 %	1,041 kJ RDI=12 %
Whole recipe	73 g RDI=113 %	420 g RDI=158 %	304 g RDI=418 %	1,243 kcal RDI=62 %	5,206 kJ RDI=62 %