English Creamy Stilton Soup - cooking recipe

Ingredients

1/2 cup finely chopped onion
1/2 cup finely chopped carrot
1 bay leaf
1/4 cup margarine or 1/4 cup butter
1/4 cup all-purpose flour
1/4 teaspoon white pepper
2 cups chicken broth
1 1/2 cups half-and-half (half milk and half cream)
1 1/2 cups crumbled Stilton cheese (6 ounces)
snipped fresh parsley

Preparation

Cook onion, carrot and bay leaf in margarine in 3 quart saucepan until onion and carrot are tender, about 5 minutes.
Stir in flour and white pepper.
Cook over low heat, stirring constantly until smooth and bubbly; remove from heat.
Stir in broth and half and half.
Heat to boiling over medium heat, stirring constantly; boil and stir 1 minute.
Stir in cheese; heat over low heat, stirring constantly, just until cheese is melted.
Remove bay leaf; sprinkle with parsley.
Serve with crumpets.
The New International Cookbook.