Wisconsin Cheese Soup I Food

WISCONSIN NATIVE'S BEER CHEESE SOUP

Steps:

• In a large saucepan over medium heat, stir together carrots, onion, celery, and garlic. Stir in hot pepper sauce, cayenne pepper, salt, and pepper. Pour in chicken broth and beer; simmer until vegetables are tender, about 12 minutes. Remove from heat.
• Meanwhile, heat butter in a large soup pot over medium-high heat. Stir in flour with a wire whisk; cook, stirring until the flour is light brown, about 3 or 4 minutes. Gradually stir in milk, whisking to prevent scorching, until thickened. Remove from heat, and gradually stir in cheese. Keep warm.
• Stir beer mixture into cheese mixture. Stir in Dijon mustard, Worcestershire sauce, and dry mustard. Adjust for hot pepper sauce. Bring to a simmer, and cook 10 minutes. Serve topped with popcorn.

WISCONSIN CHEESE SOUP

Steps:

• In a medium saucepan melt butter.
• Add onion, carrots, and celery, cook until tender.
• Stir in flour, cook and stir 2-3 minutes or until bubbly.
• Stir in baking soda.
• Gradually stir in milk, and broth, bring to a boil, reduce heat and simmer, stirring until mixture thickens slightly, about 10-15 minutes.
• Add cheese, and red pepper, stirring until melted and well blended.
• Garnish with parsley.

WISCONSIN SAUSAGE SOUP

Steps:

• Melt butter in medium saucepan over medium heat.
• Add onion, carrot, and garlic and saute unitl softened.
• Add flour, cook 5 minutes, stirring often.
• Add chicken broth, milk, beer, Worcestershire, salt, mustard, and bay leaf.
• Reduce heat to low and cook until soup has thickened, whisking often.
• Remove and discard bay leaf.
• Slowly whisk both cheeses into soups until combined and smooth.
• Cut sausage lengthwise into quarters, then slice into 1/2 inch pieces.
• Saute sausage in a small skillet over medium-high heat until heated through.
• Blot excess fat from sausage with paper towels.
• Add sausage to soup and stir.
• Serve hot with crackers or crusty bread.

CHEESE SOUP

Steps:

• Melt butter in large heavy-bottomed soup pot over medium heat. Add onion, carrot, celery, and salt. Sweat for 5 to 10 minutes or until the vegetables begin to soften, stirring occasionally. Sift the flour over the vegetables and cook, stirring constantly, for 2 to 3 minutes.
• Gradually add the chicken stock and bring to boil, stirring constantly. Reduce heat to low and add the garlic and bay leaf. Cover and simmer for 30 minutes or until vegetables are soft.
• Remove bay leaf. Turn off the heat, add the heavy cream, and then puree with an immersion blender or in a conventional blender*. Gradually add the cheese, 1 small handful at a time, and stir until melted before adding next handful. Stir in the Marsala, Worcestershire sauce, hot sauce, and white pepper. Taste and add additional salt if desired. If soup is not hot enough, return to a low heat until warmed through.
• *When blending hot liquids: Remove liquid from the heat and allow to cool for at least 5 minutes. Transfer liquid to a blender or food processor and fill it no more than halfway. If using a blender, release one corner of the lid. This prevents the vacuum effect that creates heat explosions. Place a towel over the top of the machine, pulse a few times then process on high speed until smooth.

WISCONSIN CHEESE SOUP

Steps:

• In a large saucepan over medium heat, stir together carrots, onion, celery, and garlic. Stir in hot pepper sauce, cayenne pepper, salt, and pepper. Pour in chicken broth and beer; simmer until vegetables are tender, about 12 minutes. Remove from heat.
• Meanwhile, heat butter in a large soup pot over medium-high heat. Stir in flour with a wire whisk; cook, stirring until the flour is light brown, about 3 or 4 minutes. Gradually stir in milk, whisking to prevent scorching, until thickened. Remove from heat, and gradually stir in cheese. Keep warm.
• Stir beer mixture into cheese mixture. Stir in Dijon mustard, Worcestershire sauce, and dry mustard. Adjust for hot pepper sauce. Bring to a simmer, and cook 10 minutes. Serve topped with popcorn.

WISCONSIN POTATO CHEESE SOUP

Steps:

• In a large saucepan, melt butter over medium-high heat. Saute celery and onion until tender. Add potatoes and broth. Cover and simmer until potatoes are tender, about 12 minutes. , In batches, puree potato mixture in a blender or food processor. Return to saucepan. Stir in milk and seasonings. Add the cheese and heat only until melted. Garnish with croutons and parsley.

WISCONSIN CHEESE CHOWDER

Steps:

• spray a dutch oven with cooking spray place over medium heat and add carrots, celery, scallions and saute until softened add potatoes and chicken broth bring to boil, cover and simmer for 25 minutes until potatoes are soft place flour in a bowl, add milk and blend with a whisk, add to pot season with salt, pepper, nutmeg add white wine cook for a minute to blend flavors.
• remove from heat, add cheeses stirring to melt.

WISCONSIN BEER CHEESE SOUP

Steps:

• Open beer and let stand while dicing vegetables.
• Saute bacon until crisp. Drain and crumble.
• In large soup kettle, saute vegetables in two tablespoon of bacon grease until soft.
• Add chicken broth.
• Fill chicken can with beer and add to mixture.
• Bring to a boil, then reduce heat to low.
• Pour remaining beer into a small mixing bowl and whisk in flour.
• Gradually add to broth, stirring constantly, till thick.
• Add half and half, bacon and cheese.
• Heat until cheese melts.
• Stir in sugar.
• Add salt and pepper to taste.

WISCONSIN CHEDDAR CHEESE BEER SOUP

Steps:

• Heat bacon fat in large sauce or soup pan over medium heat.
• Add onion, shallots, garlic and chili powder. Saute two minutes or until soft.
• Add Parsley, cumin powder, beer and bring to a boil.
• Boil five minutes or until liquid has reduced by half.
• Add chicken broth and bring to a boil.
• In a separate sauce pan, melt butter and add flour. Cook while stirring for a few minutes. Gradually add some of the boiling soup mixture into the flour/butter mixture, stirring well before adding more. When you have mixed in enough of the soup mixture to make the the flour mixture a little runnier, add it all back into the big pot of soup.
• Lower heat and simmer, uncovered, about 40 minutes.
• Remove soup from the heat and blend with hand blender, or pour into blender by batches and blend until smooth.
• Add cheese and chilies. Season with salt and lime juice.
• Serve immediately.

CHEDDAR CHEESE SOUP

Steps:

• Heat the butter and oil in a kettle and saute the carrots and green bell peppers for 5 minutes. Sprinkle the flour and powdered milk over, and gradually add the stock. Make sure that the consistency is smooth, at which time add the sherry, cheese, milk, paprika, parsley, and salt and pepper. Cook, stirring, for 3 minutes.