Bleu Cheese Soup Recipes

SLOW-COOKER CORDON BLEU SOUP

Steps:

• For croutons, preheat oven to 375°. In a large bowl, mix melted butter, garlic powder and pepper. Add bread cubes; toss to coat. Transfer croutons to a 15x10x1-in. baking pan; bake, stirring every 5 minutes, until golden brown, 15-20 minutes. Cool in pan on a wire rack., Meanwhile, in a 4- or 5-qt. slow cooker, combine the first 5 soup ingredients; pour in broth. Cook, covered, on low about 2 hours or until vegetables are tender., Increase slow-cooker heat setting to high. Mix flour and water until smooth; whisk flour mixture into broth. Cook until thickened, 30-40 minutes. Stir in wine. Whisk in cheeses until melted. Add chicken and ham; heat through. Serve with croutons., Freeze option: Before adding croutons, freeze cooled soup in freezer containers. Freeze croutons separately. To use, partially thaw soup in refrigerator overnight. Heat soup through in a saucepan, stirring occasionally; add broth or water if necessary. While soup is heating, thaw croutons at room temperature; sprinkle over soup.

CREAMY ROASTED BUTTERNUT SQUASH SOUP WITH BLUE CHEESE

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 400 degrees F (200 degrees C). Line a baking sheet with aluminum foil.
• Toss butternut squash, garlic cloves, and salt together in a bowl.
• Combine 4 tablespoons oil and 1 tablespoon butter in a saucepan over medium heat; cook until butter melts. Pour over butternut squash-garlic mixture and stir until squash is evenly coated. Spread squash out on the prepared baking sheet.
• Roast in the preheated oven until squash is soft and lightly browned, about 30 minutes.
• Meanwhile, heat remaining 1 tablespoon avocado oil and 1 tablespoon butter in a pot over medium-high heat. Add onion and cook until soft and translucent, about 5 minutes. Add roasted butternut squash and 1/2 cup chicken broth. Bring to a boil, reduce heat, and simmer for 10 minutes. Remove and let soup cool slightly until warm, but no longer steaming hot. Stir in 1 cup milk, 1/2 cup half-and-half, and pepper.
• Puree soup with an immersion blender until smooth. Add more broth, milk, or half-and-half if soup is too thick.
• Ladle soup into bowls and sprinkle with crumbled Gorgonzola. The soup tastes best at room temperature.

BLUE CHEESE TOMATO SOUP

Steps:

• In a blender, combine 2 cups tomato juice, cream cheese, half of the blue cheese, onion, Worcestershire sauce, sugar, lemon juice, pepper and salt; process until smooth. Pour into a large bowl; stir in remaining tomato juice. Chill at least 1 hour. Top with garlic bread if desired and remaining blue cheese.

SPINACH AND BLUE CHEESE SOUP

Steps:

• Heat the butter in a kettle or saucepan and add the onions. Cook, stirring, about three minutes.
• Sprinkle the mixture with the flour and stir. Add the chicken broth and bring to the boil. Add the milk and cook about five minutes.
• Add the cheese and cook, stirring, until melted.
• Meanwhile, pick over the spinach and remove and discard any tough stems and blemished leaves. Rinse and drain the spinach well. Coarsely chop the spinach and add it to the soup. Cook, stirring, about five minutes. Add the cream, salt and pepper and bring to the boil.
• Meanwhile, cut the shrimp into small pieces. There should be about one cup. Add the shrimp to the soup and bring to the boil again. Serve.

IRISH BLUE CHEESE AND TOMATO SOUP

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 425. Rub a bit of olive oil on your hands and coat each of the tomato halves. place them cut side down on a rimmed baking sheet. Roast the tomatoes in the oven for 30 to 40 minutes. Remove from the oven and chop the tomatoes roughly in a food processor or by hand.
• In the bottom of your soup pot cook the bacon over low heat until it's crisp. Remove to a plate and cover with a paper towel. Reserve a tablespoon of the bacon fat to cook the vegetables.
• Add the onion, celery and carrots to the soup pot and cook stirring occasionally for 1 - 2 minutes, until the onion is translucent. Stir in the flour and mix well until it's completely incorporated with the veggies in the pot. Pour in the heated stock and stir well until the stock thickens slightly and the vegetables are soft.
• Crumble the cheese into the pot and add the chopped tomatoes. Bring the soup to a boil stirring to help melt the cheese. Remove the pot from heat and use an immersion blender to puree the soup until smooth. (Or let the soup cool slightly and process in batches in a blender or food processor; then return the soup to the pot.). Cook until the soup is hot but not yet at the simmer.
• Roughly chop the bacon.Serve the soup in individual bowls,, topped with bacon. Sprinkle the black pepper and chopped parsley if desired.

BUFFALO BLEU CHICKEN SOUP

Steps:

• Melt butter in a large pot over medium-high heat. Saute celery and onion in melted butter until tender, about 5 minutes.
• Sprinkle flour over the celery mixture; cook and stir until the flour absorbs into the butter, about 2 minutes.
• Stream chicken broth, water, and half-and-half into the flour mixture while stirring; add chicken, Cheddar cheese, buffalo wing sauce, and tomato soup. Bring mixture to a simmer and cook, stirring occasionally, until the cheese has melted completely into the liquid, about 10 minutes.
• Ladle soup into 8 bowls. Top each serving with blue cheese crumbles to serve.

CREAMY CELERY AND BLUE CHEESE SOUP

Steps:

• In a soup pot over medium heat, melt butter. Add celery, onion, garlic and potato and saute for 5 - 7 minutes.
• Add flour and stir constantly for 1 minute.
• Slowly add stock, wine, white pepper and desired amount of cayenne. Bring to a boil; reduce heat and simmer for 15 - 20 minutes (stirring often), or until veggies are very tender.
• Stir in cream and blue cheese. Heat through but do not allow to boil. Add salt, if needed.
• Serve.

POTATO-BLUE CHEESE SOUP

Steps:

• Melt butter in large saucepan over medium high heat.
• Add onion; cook 5 minutes or until soft.
• Add garlic; cook 1 minute.
• Add potatoes; cook 5 minutes.
• Add broth; bring to a boil.
• Reduce heat to medium low; cover and simmer 20 minutes or until potatoes are tender.
• Stir in half-and-half, 1/2 cup of the cheese, salt and pepper.
• (Soup can be made to this point up to 1 day ahead.) Before serving, sprinkle with remaining 1/2 cup cheese.

TOMATO AND BLUE CHEESE SOUP

Steps:

• turn oven to 400°F Spread tomatoes in shallow baking dish with garlic and salt and pepper. Place in oven and roast for 35 minutes.
• Heat oil or butter in large saucepan. Add leek and carrot. Cook over low heat for about 10 minutes until soft.
• Add stock and roasted tomatoes and bring to a boil. Lower heat, cover, simmer for about 20 minutes.
• Add blue cheese, cream and basil. Transfer to food processor or blender and process until smooth, working in batches if necessary.
• Reheat to serve (don't boil). Garnish with bacon and fresh basil.

BLEU CHEESE SOUP

Steps:

• Put first 5 ingredients in 1 pot, bring to boil, then simmer 45 minutes-1hour pour into blender in batches, or use a hand blender to liquefy.
• Add cheese, sherry and simmer till cheese is melted.
• Serve w/chives on top.