Wisconsin Beer Soup
Makes 8-10 Servings
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Ingredients You'll Need
- 1/2 cups butter
- 1 tsp. minced garlic
- 1 chopped onion
- 1 large carrot, grated
- 1 cup all purpose flour
- 2 cups chicken broth
- 2 cups milk
- 3/4 cup beer
- 1 tsp. worcestershire sauce
- 1/2 tsp. salt
- 1/2 tsp. dry mustard
- 1 bay leaf
- 7 oz. cheddar cheese
- 3 oz. swiss cheese
- 1/2 lb. smoked sausage
- 1 cup frozen corn (optional)
Cooking Instructions
- Melt butter in medium saucepan over medium heat. Add onion, carrot, and garlic and saute until 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.