Yep vegan beer cheese soup! So creamy and yummy, it’s a good thing it’s easy to make.
PrintBeer Cheese Soup
- Prep Time: 20
- Cook Time: 40
- Total Time: 1 hour
- Yield: 4-6 1x
- Cuisine: Soup
Ingredients
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- 3 tablespoons olive oil
- 1 to 1 1/2 large carrots, diced
- 1 yellow onion, large, diced
- 2 celery stalks, diced
- 1/2 large red bell pepper, seeded and diced
- 4 large cloves garlic, minced
- 1 cup white wine or vermouth
- 4 tablespoons nutritional yeast
- 3/4 cup all-purpose flour or potato starch
- 4 to 5 cups Better than Bouillon No Chicken Base (or vegetable stock)
- One 12 or 16 ounce bottle beer, preferably a mild-flavored well-balanced English or American brown or amber
- 1 cup roasted, unsalted cashews
- 1 1/2 cups full fat, unsweetened oat milk
- 8 oz. Kite Hill Almond Milk Ricotta or plain Cream Cheese
- 1 cup plain sauerkraut with brine
- 1/2 tablespoon Worcestershire sauce
- Dash hot sauce
- 1/8 teaspoon grated nutmeg
- 2 tablespoons Dijon mustard
- 2 tablespoons fresh lemon juice
- 8 tablespoons (1 stick) vegan butter
- 1 tablespoon white or yellow miso
Garnish:
- Mustard oil or extra-virgin olive oil
- 3 stalks green onion, green part only, chopped
- Bread croutons or popcorn
- Fresh thyme leaves
Instructions
- In a large stockpot, heat the oil over medium heat. Add the carrots, onions, celery, peppers and garlic. Cook, stirring, until the vegetables are soft, about 5 minutes.
- Stir in white wine or vermouth and nutritional yeast. Cook for another 4 – 5 minutes.
- Add the flour and cook, stirring, until well incorporated, about 5 minutes more.
- Blend cashews and oak milk together until smooth.
- Add the stock, beer, and cashew oak milk mixture and simmer over low heat for 15 minutes.
- Stir in the ricotta, sauerkraut with brine, Worcestershire, hot sauce, nutmeg, mustard and lemon juice.
- Add vegan butter and stir until melted. Add miso right before blending.
- Puree the soup in batches in a blender or with an immersion blender until very smooth. Blend in a little more flour or potato starch if the soup is too thin.
- Ladle the soup into bowls and garnish each bowl with a swirl of oil, green onion, croutons or popcorn, and a sprinkle of thyme.
Keywords: Vegan Soup, Vegan Cheese, Vegan Dinner Party Idea