Recipe#21668

Title: Beer Cheese 05

Newsgroups: rec.food.recipes 
 From: rgbowden@ozemail.com.au (Ross Bowden) 
 Subject: Beer and Cheese Soup 
 Message-ID: <199510171136.VAA02800@oznet02.ozemail.com.au> 
 Date: Thu, 19 Oct 1995 18:58:38 GMT 

Serves 4-6
 1 cup cubed bread, crusts removed
 3 tablespoons oil
 1 large onion, chopped
 1 clove garlic, crushed
 2 cups light beer
 3 cups chicken stock or consomme
 freshly ground pepper
 2 tablespoons chopped parsley
 1-1/2 cups grated Gruyere cheese
 Preheat oven to 190 C (375 F). Place bread on a baking sheet and allow to
 brown evenly in oven, turning occasionally. Heat griller. In a large
 saucepan saute onion and garlic until clear. Stir in the bread croutons. 
 Add beer and stock and bring to the boil.  Season with pepper and add
 parsley. Pour into bowls, sprinkle with cheese and brown quickly under the
 griller before serving.