Cheddar Apple Soup

Ingredients

• Servings: 6
• 3 tablespoons butter
• 1 large onion, diced
• 1/3 cup all-purpose flour
• 2 teaspoons mustard powder
• 5 cups chicken stock
• 4 granny smith apples - peeled, cored, and chopped, divided
• 3 cups shredded sharp cheddar cheese
• 2 dashes hot pepper sauce (such as tapatio®), or to taste
• freshly ground black pepper to taste

Recipe

Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 25 mins Ready Time: 40 mins


• melt butter in a stockpot over medium heat; saute onion until tender, about 10 minutes. sprinkle flour and mustard powder over onion and stir to coat. cook and stir onion mixture until flour and mustard have dissolved, 1 to 2 more minutes.
• stir chicken stock into onion mixture until well-blended; add 3/4 the apples. cover the stockpot with a lid, reduce heat to low, and simmer until soup is thickened and apple is tender, about 10 minutes.
• stir cheddar cheese into soup, stirring constantly, until cheese is melted and soup is a silky texture, 3 to 5 minutes.
• blend soup using a hand blender or transfer soup to a blender, working in batches, until soup is smooth. stir hot sauce and black pepper into soup. ladle soup into serving bowls and garnish with remaining 1/4 chopped apple.