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.
84 K 4.4/5 (23 reviews)
1 hour 5 min.
Easy
5 people
10 IngredientsLast modified on: January 12th 2014
For 5 people, you will need:
- 1
1.8 oz onion - 2
1 lb + 1.6 oz endives (head of chicory) - 3
3.5 oz potatoes - 4
3 tablespoons olive oil - 5
1 knob butter - 6
1 lb + 10.4 oz vegetable stock - 7
8.8 oz beer - 8
3.5 oz liquid cream - 9
salt - 10
pepper
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Times for this recipe
Preparation: 30 min.
Cooking: 35 min.
All in all: 1 hour 5 min.
To finish around 7pm, you'll need to have started before: 18:25.Change end time
Step by step recipe
Stage 1 - 5 min.
Prepare and chop 1.8 oz onion.
Stage 2 - 15 min.
Prepare 1 lb + 1.6 oz endives (head of chicory) and cut into pieces.
Stage 3 - 5 min.
Peel and rinse 3.5 oz 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 1 lb + 10.4 oz 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 3.5 oz 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.
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 % |
How much will it cost?
- For 5 people : 3.25 €
- Per person : 0.65 €
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Note: Be careful, these prices are only an estimate, you can consult the table of prices by ingredients used for this estimate.
This recipe uses (among others)
Vegetable stock
You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Sautéed Green Vegetables in pan, Chinese Soup, Late Winter Soup with Fresh Spinach, Country vegetable soup, Curried prawn risotto, ... See them all 19
Endives (head of chicory)
Like these other recipes: Comtoise endive salad, Gratin du Nord, Endives "bonne femme", Endive and walnut salad, Gratin of Endives with Mont d'Or, ... See them all 15
Beer
Like these other recipes: Gratin du Nord, Ch'ti mussel tarts, Welsh (French Welsh Rarebit), Carbonnade, ... See them all 4
Liquid cream
Like these other recipes: Creamy artichokes, Apricot fool, French toast "cordon bleu", Framboisier, Sauce Normande (for fish), ... See them all 167
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