Endive and beer soup
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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Last modified on: January 12th 2014
Keywords for this recipe: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
How long does it take?
Time required for this recipe:
| Preparation | Cooking | Start to finish |
|---|---|---|
| 30 min. | 35 min. | 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.
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.
No onions to hand? Just use shallots.
Keeping
A few days in the fridge in a selaed container.
Nutritional information
| Whole recipe | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Energetic value | Proteins | Carbohydrates | Fats |
| 1,284 Kcal or 5,376 Kj | 13 gr | 90 gr | 91 gr |
| 64 % | 5 % | 8 % | 14 % |
| Per 100 g | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Energetic value | Proteins | Carbohydrates | Fats |
| 71 Kcal or 297 Kj | 1 gr | 5 gr | 5 gr |
| 4 % | <1 % | <1 % | 1 % |
| Per person | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Energetic value | Proteins | Carbohydrates | Fats |
| 257 Kcal or 1,076 Kj | 3 gr | 18 gr | 18 gr |
| 13 % | 1 % | 2 % | 3 % |
How much will it cost?
- For 5 people : 3.24 €
- Per person : 0.65 €
Note: Be careful, these prices are only an estimate, you can consult the table of prices by ingredients used for this estimate.
Source
Based on a recipe by Thibault Van Aerde.
This recipe uses (among others)
 | Vegetable stock: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Duo of slow-cooked pork, Sausages with baked beans, French style, Fisherman's Ragout, Curried prawn risotto, Mexican-style pork medallions , ... All |
 | Endives (head of chicory): You can check-out other recipes which use it, like for example: Purple sprouting broccoli and endive salad, Gratin du Nord, Comtoise endive salad, Endive and walnut salad, Thin endive tart, ... All |
 | Beer: You can check-out other recipes which use it, like for example: Gratin du Nord, Welsh (French Welsh Rarebit), Ch'ti mussel tarts, Carbonnade, ... All |
 | Potatoes: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Taos hotpot, Potato and broccoli gratin, Truffade original, Smoky sausage and mash, Pork roast with herbs, ... All |
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