Bread bacon and beer soup
Bread bacon and beer soup
- Preparation Time5 mins
- Cooking Time18 mins
- Serves4
- DifficultyEasy
2 slices streaky bacon
100g onion, diced
30g butter
10g fresh thyme, plus 4 more sprigs for garnish
350ml bottle pilsner beer
1L chicken stock
3 slices rye bread, torn
Salt and white pepper
100g white Cheddar cheese, grated
1) Fry bacon until crisp, remove and reserve.
2) In a medium saucepan over medium-high heat, sweat the onion, butter and thyme leaves until tender, about 8 minutes. Add beer, stock, bread and simmer for 10 minutes.
3) Puree with an immersion blender. Season with salt and pepper.
4) Garnish with cheese, bacon, fresh thyme sprigs and serve.
