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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.

95 K 4.4/5 (23 reviews)

1 hour 5 min. difficulté

Easy

3.25 €

5 people

10 Ingredients

Last modified on: January 12^th 2014

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.

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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.

Nutritional information

	Proteins (gr)	Carbohydrates (gr)	Fats (gr)	Energy value (in k-calories)	Energy value (in k-joules)
Whole recipe	80 RDI=30 %	430 RDI=40 %	310 RDI=50 %	4,810 RDI=240 %	20,140 RDI: 240 %
Per 100 g	4 RDI=2 %	20 RDI=2 %	20 RDI=3 %	270 RDI=10 %	1,120 RDI: 10 %
Per person	20 RDI=6 %	90 RDI=8 %	60 RDI=9 %	960 RDI=50 %	4,030 RDI: 50 %