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Savory sauteed onions keep this Fall season soup from becoming too sweet. Garnish your bowls of Apple Beer Cheese Soup With Apple Dust Bacon Crumbles for a festive holiday touch!
Fall is the time of year when we start thinking of hearty soups, stews and casseroles for our go-to dinner menus. One of my lifelong favorites is beer-cheese soup with some crusty French bread or maybe jalapeno cornbread sticks.
But when I tasted a version made with the addition of tart apples, I knew this soup had been kicked up a notch. So when the cool weather started creeping into the mountains of Western North Carolina last week, this was the soup I was craving.
Once I got to the grocery store, not only did I pick up a few oversized Honeycrisp apples, I snagged a carton of fresh apple cider too. As I walked the aisles, I envisioned cooking down sauteed onions and apples in the cider before adding chicken stock and a lovely lager to the pan.
Because I wanted to serve my Apple Beer Cheese Soup for a festive seasonal meal before Thanksgiving, it needed to be garnished with something special.
That’s where I put my special APPLE DUST SUGAR to use once again. Ever since I created it last Fall for an Autumn Almond Apple Cake with Apple Dust Sugar, I keep a batch in my spice cupboard. I think you might just decide to do so too once you’ve tasted this versatile seasoning mix.
As you can see in the above image, I’ve also created several different CUSTOM HANG TAGS for gifting some Apple Dust Sugar for the holidays too. They’re available in the IFAFL Subscriber’s Resource Library for downloading at your convenience.
Now it’s time to make some Apple Beer Cheese Soup!
This soup is so simple and fast to make, it takes less than an hour from start to finish!
Talk about a lovely gourmet meal on a lazy Fall Sunday evening. Just add some crusty French bread and a bottle of crisp White Wine or Sparkling Cider, and you’ve got a fabulous dinner with very little effort.
If you’re looking for a soup that can be made ahead of time, my Apple Beer Cheese Soup fits the bill.
I like to make mine the day before I’m serving it and reheat it over a low flame before pouring it into a WHOLE ROASTED PUMPKIN for a little seasonal drama!
Candied Bacon topped with my special Apple Dust Sugar or “Apple Dust Bacon”! Being a former professional caterer has me always thinking about how to up my hostess game, and this is just one example!
Let’s see how you make this fabulous soup topping… I can think of a few more uses, can’t you?
Would you like to know how to roast a whole pumpkin to use as a soup tureen? Well then, let’s continue…
The best pumpkins for baking and cooking are sweet, flavorful, and have a smooth-textured flesh. Look for varieties known for their thick walls to keep your roasted pumpkin from caving in while cooking.
A few cultivars like Cinderella and Fairy Tale pumpkins have hard, thick skin but are known for their superior sweet flesh inside.
When shopping for pumpkins, look for the ones sold as “sugar” or “pie” pumpkins. When you are choosing a pumpkin specifically for roasting whole for a soup presentation, choose one between four and eight pounds.
Just like when buying a huge pumpkin for your jack-o-lantern, look for a gourd that’s got a nice shape and a flat bottom.
Thanks to great gardening websites like the Gardener’s Path, you gardener’s can grow the perfect cultivars for all your cooking needs right at home. You can find the seeds for these gourds in any number of Vegetable Seed Catalogs or available right online.
Here’s a list of their favorite pumpkins for cooking:
STEPS FOR ROASTING A WHOLE PUMPKIN FOR SERVING SOUPS:
I certainly hope you’re going to pick up some apples and cider this weekend and make a delicious batch of Apple Beer Cheese Soup – And don’t forget the Apple Dust Bacon Garnish!
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Creamy beer cheese soup with deep harvest undertones supplied by tart honeycrisp apples and tangy apple cider. Savory sauteed onions keep this Fall season soup from becoming too sweet. Garnish your bowls with crispy Apple Dust Bacon Crumbles for a festive holiday touch!
Calorie and nutritional info is subject to ingredient usage and portions.