Beer Cheese Soup - cooking recipe

Ingredients

1 onion, finely diced
1 stick butter
2 oz. flour
1 clove garlic, minced
1/2 gal. beer (warm)
1 lb. sharp Cheddar cheese, grated
1/2 pt. heavy cream
green pepper, blanched and julienned
red pepper, blanched and julienned
1 tsp. dry mustard
Tabasco sauce to taste
Worcestershire sauce to taste

Preparation

Sweat the onion in butter until tender.
Add the garlic and sweat briefly.
Add the flour, making a roux, stirring constantly for 5 minutes, until it's golden.
Add the beer and let simmer for 1/2 hour.
Add the cheese and let it melt in.
Add the cream and let the soup continue to warm, just to a simmer.
Do not let it boil.
Add the julienne peppers.
Add the dry mustard, Tabasco and Worcestershire sauce to taste.
Add salt and white pepper to taste.
Makes 8 servings.