Sophie's Festive Onion, Apple & Apple Cider Soup
By: Sophie32
Published: Thursday, December 3, 2009 - 3:02pm

Ingredients




800 grams white, peeled & sliced onions (weighed when peeled & sliced )
2 mediums leeks, well washed, cleaned & finely sliced
2 Granny Smith apples, peeled, cored, cut into small chunks
2 mediums potatoes, peeled and finely cut up
150 mls cider brut
1100 mls vegetable stock
3 dried bay leaves
4 long sprigs of fresh thyme, washed and patted dry on kitchen paper
75 grams baking margarine 
To serve:
200 grams grated Gruyère cheese
10 long fresh chives sprigs, washed, cleaned & pad dry on kitchen paper

Preparation

1 Take a large & wide cooking pot & heat up on a medium high heat. Add baking margarine or more. 2 When the butter has melted & sizzles, add the sliced onions, leeks & apples. Fry for about 15 minutes , with the lid on, stirring frequently until they all have softened. 3 Add the potatoes & the cider. Stir frequently. Bring to the boil & cook for 2 to 5 minutes until the volume from the cider has reduced a bit. 4 Add the vegetable stock, bay leaves & thyme sprigs. Reduce the heat to simmer point & place the lid on the pot. Simmer the soup for another 25 to 30 minutes or until all of the vegetables are cooked through. 5 Remove the 3 bay leaves & lift out the 4 thyme sprigs. 6 Liquidise the soup until you have it to your liking. I puréed mine all the way. 7 Just before serving: laddle your soup into festive soup bowls. Take about a handful of the grated Gruyère cheese & lay it in the middle of the soup. With the help of scissors, snip the chives into little pieces & scatter around the grated cheese. 8 Enjoy!!

About


I so much love this easy yet so tasty festive soup. It is sort of an onion soup but apples, apple cider, bay leaves, thyme & vegetable stock are added. Just before serving, a handful of grated Gruyère is added in the middle & chopped chives are scattered around the cheese!

Comments:
Tom | Tall Clov...

Nice recipe,thanks. Though I would add three things: croutons, croutons, croutons!