Crock Pot Beer And Cheese Soup Recipes

CROCK POT CARAMELIZED ONIONS, BEER & CHEESE BISQUE

Steps:

• 1. I use a food processor to slice my onions, but of course you can do it manually if you don't cry over onions. Anyway, thinly slice the onions and place them in a large crock pot, add water and drizzle onions with 4 tablespoons of the olive oil. Put a lid on the crock pot, turn to high and cook for 8 hours to caramelize the onions slices. They should be stirred occasionally.
• 2. Place butter in a medium sized sauce pan over medium-high heat and add in celery and potatoes and saute until tender stirring occasionally for 12 minutes. Add in the garlic and allow to cook for 2 minutes longer. Sprinkle the vegetables with the flour as you stir around to coat well. Add 2 cups of the beef stock and stir until smooth gravy appears. Remove from stove top and pour vegetable-gravy into the crock pot along with the remaining beef stock and beer. Stir well.
• 3. Season mixture by adding in bay leaves, cayenne pepper, sugar, salt and pepper. Adjust seasonings to your taste likings.
• 4. Put the lid back on crock pot and allow to heat through and marry the flavors for 1 hour on high setting, stirring at 30 minutes.
• 5. Add in heavy cream and grated cheeses gradually as you stir and they melt into the soup. Put the lid back on the crock pot and allow to simmer for 1 hour, but do not allow it to boil. If the crock pot is too hot, lower the heat and extend the cook time for 30 more minutes at low.
• 6. Preheat Oven to BROIL. Place slices of French bread on a baking sheet. Brush each side of each slice with the remainder of the olive oil. Place about 4 inches below the broiler element allowing them to broil until golden brown. Turn the slices over and allow the other side to broil to a nice golden brown. Remove for oven and set aside.
• 7. When ready to serve, stir in Calvados brandy and ladle a serving into a ovenproof bowl. Place filled bowls on a baking sheet and place in the oven under the broiler and broil until soup is bubbly. Remove from oven and place 2 slices of the toasted French bread on top of each filled bowl of soup and cover entire bread slice and most of the soup mixture with thin ribbons of the Parmigiano-Reggiano cheese. Place bowls back in the oven and broil until cheese is melted and bubbly and begins to turn golden brown. This takes about 3 minutes but it depends on your oven as to how fast it will broil. I set mine to a high level on my stove control settings.
• 8. Remove from the oven and sprinkle with chopped parsley and serve hot along with extra slices of toasted French bread.

CROCK POT BEER AND CHEESE SOUP

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 425°F Cut bread into 1/2-inch cubes; place on baking sheet.
• Bake 10-12 minutes, stirring once, or until crisp. Set aside.
• Combine broth, beer, onion, garlic, and thyme in slow cooker. Cover and cook on low for 4 hours.
• Turn to high and stir in cheese, milk, and paprika. Cook another 45-60 minutes until cheese is melted.
• Stir and ladle into bowls; top with croutons before serving.

BEER AND CHEESE POTATO CHOWDER (CROCK POT)

Steps:

• In a 3-4 qt crock pot, combine potatoes, onion, celery, carrot, garlic and pepper; stir gently to mix. Pour broth and beer over vegetable.
• Cover and cook on low for 6-8 hours.
• About 10 minutes before serving coarsely mash vegetables with potato masker or fork. Add cheese and whipping cream; stir until cheese is melted. Cover; cook an additional 5 minutes or until thoroughly heated. Top with croutons.
• Rye Croutons:.
• arrange a single layer of cubed rye bread on a cookie sheet. Toast them in a 350 oven for 15-20 minutes until the croutons are golden and dry.