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• Recipe Overview
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• Cuisine

  European >> UK >> English

• Dietary Style

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  Genius Kitchen(food.com)

| 1. Melt the butter in a thick-based saucepan, then add the prepared vegetables and some salt, and cook gently with the lid on for 5-10 minutes to draw out the juices. | 2. stir in the cornflour to absorb the juices and, when smooth, gradually pour in the cider – still stirring. | 3. Add the chicken or vegetable stock, cover the pan and simmer gently for 30 minutes. | 4. Then add the milk and Stilton and re-heat, stirring, until the cheese has melted and the soup is just below boiling point. | 5. Taste and season with salt and pepper, then stir in the creme fraiche. | 6. At this stage you can purée the soup in a food processor or with a hand held blender or, if you prefer the texture of the chopped vegetables, keep it as it is. | 7. Serve the soup with the Parmesan croutons & the chopped chives. | 8. CROUTONS: | 9. Pre-heat the oven to gas mark 4/180C/350F or pre-heat the grill. | 10. Place the bread cubes in a bowl, sprinkle in the oil, then stir them around until the bread has soaked up all the oil. | 11. Next add the freshly grated Parmesan, and stir again till all the bread cubes are well coated. | 12. Spread them out over a baking sheet and either bake in the pre-heated oven for 10 minutes, or else place them under the pre-heated grill, turning as necessary. (If you use the grill, watch them VERY CAREFULLY as they can burn very easily.). | 13. The croutons can be made well in advance and stored in an airtight tin for up to two weeks. | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------

Estimated Nutritional Profile for Ingredients

Ingredient Name	Quantity	Unit	State	Energy (kcal)	Carbohydrates	Protein (g)	Total Lipid (Fat) (g)
stilton cheese	5	ounces	crumbled	126.0833	0.0	28.05	0.7083
butter	1	ounce		161.595	7.4249	5.0491	13.607999999999999
onion	1		peeled chopped	64.0	14.944	1.76	0.16
leek	1		chopped	54.29	12.5935	1.335	0.267
potato	2		peeled cut	-	-	-	-
cornflour	1	tablespoon		126.0833	0.0	28.05	0.7083
cider	6	fluid		-	-	-	-
chicken stock vegetable	1	pint		126.0833	0.0	28.05	0.7083
milk	8	fluid		-	-	-	-
creme fraiche	2	tablespoons		126.0833	0.0	28.05	0.7083
salt black pepper			ground	126.0833	0.0	28.05	0.7083
chive	2	tablespoons	chopped	1.8	0.261	0.1962	0.0438
parmesan cheese	4	tablespoons	grated	74.0	8.0	8.0	1.0
bread	8	ounces	cut	2004.8761	0.0	0.0	226.7959
olive oil	4	tablespoons		477.36	0.0	0.0	54.0

- Means that suitable USDA nutrition profile could not be mapped for this ingredient-unit combination.