Beer Soup is the perfect meal. Beer, bacon and cheese.
For this soup I used Kozel a Czech beer. Why you might ask? Because that's what I like to drink.
For Cheese I used an English Cheddar, I wanted something with bite that would get lost in the beer.
I chopped onion, potato, carrot and celery and most importantly bacon into small cubes.
I placed these in a glass baking dish and roasted at 400 F for about 30 min.
After about 10 min it looked like this.
And after 30 min it looked like this.
I added the beer to the mixture and scraped anything stuck on off the edges and bottom.
Next I put together the soup. I start by slowly adding the flour to the butter making sure the flour gets cooked so you don't taste raw flour in the soup. Then I add the beer and gradually add the cheese mixing constantly to make sure it melts evenly. Then I add the rest of the vegetables and beer and bring the mixture to a boil.
To finish it off I sprinkled some smoked Spanish paprika on top!
