Ingredients
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1/2 cup butter
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1 onion, chopped
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1 teaspoon garlic, minced
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1 cup all-purpose flour
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2 cups chicken broth
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2 cups milk
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3/4 cup beer
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1 teaspoon Worcestershire sauce
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1/2 teaspoon salt
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1/2 teaspoon dry mustard
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1 bay leaf
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7 ounces cheddar cheese, shredded
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3 ounces swiss cheese, shredded
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1/2 lb smoked sausage (I use Hillshire Farm)
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1 -2 cup frozen corn
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1 carrot, grated (large)
Instructions
- Melt butter in medium saucepan over medium heat.
- Add onion, carrot, and garlic and saute unitl softened.
- Add flour, cook 5 minutes, stirring often.
- Add chicken broth, milk, beer, Worcestershire, salt, mustard, and bay leaf.
- Reduce heat to low and cook until soup has thickened, whisking often.
- Remove and discard bay leaf.
- Slowly whisk both cheeses into soups until combined and smooth.
- Cut sausage lengthwise into quarters, then slice into 1/2 inch pieces.
- Saute sausage in a small skillet over medium-high heat until heated through.
- Blot excess fat from sausage with paper towels.
- Add sausage to soup and stir.
- Serve hot with crackers or crusty bread.