Apple And Onion Soup With Crumbled Stilton Food

APPLE AND STILTON SOUP

Steps:

• Core but do not peel the apples, and cut into walnut-sized pieces.
• Melt the butter in the oil and fry the inion and potatoes in it over a medium heat for 3 - 4 minutes.
• Season generously and add the apple chunks and water.
• Bring to the boil and simmer for 15 minutes until fruit and vegetables are soft.
• Put into a food processor or liquidiser and blend until fine.
• Add half of the Stilton and blend again.
• Re-heat the mixture.
• Serve in bowl with the remaining cheese, crumbled with a fork, sprinkled on top.

EASY ONION SOUP WITH STILTON

Steps:

• In a heavy saucepan heat the butter and saute the onions slowly until golden brown. Season with salt and pepper.
• Add the liquid and bring to a boil. Adjust the seasoning and add thyme. Cover and simmer for 30 to 40 minutes.
• If you are using Stilton rind, grate it finely. Otherwise, chop the cheese. Add it half way through the cooking and stir well.
• Serve with croutons.

BUTTERNUT SQUASH, APPLE AND ONION GALETTE WITH STILTON

Steps:

• For dough: Pulse flour and salt in a food processor. Add butter and pulse about 10 times until mixture resembles a coarse meal. Add egg and pulse 1 to 2 times more into a rough dough. Remove and gently press into a disk. Wrap tightly and refrigerate for 1 hour or up to 2 days.
• Preheat over to 400 degrees F.
• For filling: Slice apple, squash, and onion into 1/2-inch thick slices. Place in a large bowl and toss with melted butter, rosemary, and thyme. Season with salt and pepper, to taste.
• Roll dough on a lightly floured surface into a 12-inch circle. Transfer to a baking sheet and brush with mustard. Leaving a 2-inch border from edge, arrange apple, squash, and onion slices over dough in an overlapping circle. Fold border over edge of filling, pleating as needed to make a free form pie. Bake until crust is brown and apple, squash, and onion are tender and brown, about 55 minutes. Scatter cheese over filling and bake until melted, about 5 minutes more. Transfer to a wire rack and cool slightly. Cut into wedges and serve.

APPLE AND ONION SOUP WITH CRUMBLED STILTON

Steps:

• Add the butter and onions to a saucepan and allow the onions to cook gently on a medium heat for about 15 minutes, or until they are soft and lightly browned.
• Add the apple, cider and cider vinegar. Boil until the cider has reduced by about half. Add the thyme, bay leaf, chicken stock, potato and a little salt. Bring to a simmer, and then cook out for about 15 minutes over a low heat.
• Remove the bay leaf, and purée the soup in a blender or food processor until smooth.
• Check the seasoning, adding salt and pepper as necessary.
• To serve, ladle the hot soup into warm bowls. Crumble over a tablespoon of the stilton to each bowl.

BUTTERNUT SQUASH, APPLE, AND ONION GALETTE WITH STILTON

Steps:

• For the dough: Pulse the flour and salt together in a food processor. Add the butter and pulse about 10 times until the mixture resembles coarse cornmeal with a few bean-size bits of butter in it. Add the egg and pulse 1 to 2 times more; don't let the dough form a mass around the blade. If the dough seems very dry, add up to 1 tablespoon of cold water, 1 teaspoon at a time, and pulsing briefly. Remove the blade and bring the dough together by hand. Shape the dough into a disk, wrap it in plastic wrap, and refrigerate at least 1 hour.
• For the filling: Halve and core the apple. Cut each 1/2 into 8 wedges and put them in a large bowl. Slice the squash and cut the onion into wedges so that both are as thick as the apple wedges, and add them to the apples. Add the butter, rosemary, and thyme and toss gently to combine. Season with salt and pepper and toss again.
• Preheat the oven to 400 degrees F.
• Roll the dough on a lightly floured surface into a 12-inch disk. Transfer the dough to a baking sheet and brush with mustard. Starting 2 inches from the edge, casually alternate pieces of apple, squash, and onion in overlapping circles¿if you have extra pieces of one or another, tuck them in where you can or double them up until to use all the filling. Fold and pleat the dough over the edge of the filling. Bake until the crust is brown and the apples, squash, and onions are tender and caramelized, about 55 minutes. Scatter the cheese over the filling and bake until melted, about 5 minutes more. Cool the galette briefly on a wire rack. Cut into wedges and serve.

BLUE STILTON SOUP

Steps:

• Melt the butter in a medium size saucepan, add the vegetables, and fry gently for 5 minutes until soft but not browned.
• Stir in the flour and cook for 1 minute. Remove from heat. Stir in the stock and return to heat. Bring to a boil, stirring continuously until the soup thickens. Allow to simmer on low heat for 30 minutes.
• Cool soup slightly and press through a sieve. Return soup to pan, add the milk, and heat gently. Stir in the Stilton, salt and pepper, and heavy cream until melted. Blend soup for extra thickness.
• Do not allow soup to boil at this point, it will curdle.
• To serve, garnish with croutons.

BLUE STILTON SOUP

Steps:

• Melt the butter in a saucepan, add vegetables, and fry gently for 5 minutes until soft but not browned.
• Stir in the flour and cook for 1 minute. Remove from heat.
• Stir in the wine and stock and return to heat. Bring to the boil, stirring continuously until the soup thickens then simmer over low heat for 30 minutes.
• Cool slightly and liquidize or press the soup through a sieve. Return to the rinsed out pan. Add the milk and heat gently. Stir in the Stilton and English Cheddar, seasonings and heavy cream until melted.
• ** Do not let the soup boil at this stage or it will curdle. Serve garnished with croutons.

FRENCH ONION AND APPLE SOUP

Steps:

• Melt butter in a Dutch oven over medium heat. Add onion to pan; cook 5 minutes, stirring frequently.
• Reduce heat to medium low and continue cooking 50 minutes or until deep golden brown, stirring occasionally.
• Add pepper, apple, thyme sprigs, and bay leaves; cook 3 minutes or until apples soften. Add wine; cook 2 minutes, scraping pan to loosen browned bits.
• Add broth and cider; bring to a boil. Reduce heat, and simmer 45 minutes. Discard bay leaves; stir in vinegar.
• Preheat broiler.
• Arrange bread cubes in a single layer on a jelly-roll pan; broil 2 minutes or until toasted, turning after 1 minute.
• Preheat oven to 500°.
• Ladle 1 cup soup into each of 10 ovenproof soup bowls. Divide the croutons evenly among bowls, and top each serving with about 3 tablespoons cheese. Place bowls on jelly-roll pan. Bake at 500° for 8 minutes or until cheese melts. Garnish with thyme leaves, if desired.

GERMAN APPLE-ONION SOUP

Steps:

• Set aside about 1/2 cup of the onions to use later as a garnish. Melt the butter in a large pot over medium heat. Stir in the onion, and cook until the onion has softened and turned translucent but not browned, about 10 minutes. Pour in the chicken broth, beef consomme, apple juice concentrate, apple juice, and applejack liquor. Bring to a simmer over medium-high heat and season with the white pepper. Reduce heat to medium-low, cover, and simmer 1 hour.
• To serve, place a pinch of the reserved raw onions in the bottom of a soup bowl. Ladle the soup into the bowls, and float a few slices of apple on top to serve.