Curly's Beer Cheese Soup

Total Time: 40 mins Preparation Time: 10 mins Cook Time: 30 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 8
• 1/4 cup carrot, diced
• 1/4 cup onion, diced
• 1/4 cup celery, diced
• 1 teaspoon garlic, minced
• 2 tablespoons butter
• 2 tablespoons flour
• 2 (12 ounce) cans beer
• 4 cups water
• 1/4 cup chicken base
• 2/3 cup heavy cream
• 1/4 cup cream cheese
• 1/4 cup sour cream
• 10 slices american cheese
• 1/3 cup cheddar cheese, shredded

Recipe

• 1 sauté carrots, onion, celery and garlic in butter until tender. whisk flour into sautéed vegetables and allow to cook for 1 minute while whisking constantly.
• 2 add beer to vegetable/flour mixture and whisk until all the flour has dissolved into beer. add water, chicken base and heavy cream. bring to a light simmer. turn down burner and allow to cool for 15 minutes.
• 3 add cream cheese, sour cream and american cheese slices.
• 4 with a burr mixer, puree vegetables until there are no large pieces and the american cheese, cream cheese and sour cream are completely melted. add remaining cheese using a whisk.
• 5 season to taste with salt and pepper.