A tasty soup straight from Brussels, the Belgian capital. This creamy, satisfying soup is made with pureed Belgian endives, potatoes, cream, and wheat beer.
Ingredients
4 endive (cored, cut into tiny slices)
3 tablespoons butter (softened)
1 onion (small, chopped in fine rings)
4 potato (peeled, cut into quarters)
3 tablespoons brown sugar (or a little more)
1 1⁄4 cups beer (wheat beer)
4 cups broth (chicken broth)
1 dash pepper
1 dash salt
1 dash nutmeg
1 cup cream (heavy cream, double cream)
Instructions
Melt butter in a pan with the onions stewing in it for a minute.
Add the endives, bouquet garni, potatoes and sugar, stewing everything for 15 minutes on a low heat.
Add the beer, stock, pepper salt and nutmeg, bring the liquid to the boil and let the soup simmer for an hour.
Remove the herbs, mix the soup with the cream and simmer for a further 5 minutes.
Serve warm.
Yield
4 servings
Preparation time
30 minutes
Cooking time
1 hour, 25 minutes
Total time
1 hour, 55 minutes
Notes
The soup can be served warm or cold.