Yield: 4

Ingredients

50 g unsalted butter
25 g sifted flour
1 l pilsner lager
1/3 ts nutmeg
1/2 tb caster sugar
150 ml creme fraiche
3/4 pt chicken stock
1 carrot; diced
1 shallot; diced
1 stick celery
2 egg yolks
4 tb double cream

Instructions

Melt the butter in a heavy based pan. Add the carrot, shallot and celery.
Add
the flour and stir. Add the nutmeg and sugar followed by the beer and hot
chicken stock.

Simmer gently for 20-25 minutes.

Whisk in the creme fraiche, followed by the egg yolk and cream to help
enrich
the soup. Serve with pork scratchings.

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Per serving: 267 Calories (kcal); 24g Total Fat; (80% calories from fat);
4g Protein; 9g Carbohydrate; 168mg Cholesterol; 842mg Sodium
Food Exchanges: 1/2 Grain(Starch); 0 Lean Meat; 1/2 Vegetable; 0 Fruit; 4
1/2 Fat; 0 Other Carbohydrates