Cider & onion soup with cheese & apple toasts

apple cheese fibre french onion soup soup

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Ingredients

30g butter

2 onions , peeled and sliced

3 garlic cloves , peeled and sliced

100ml scrumpy cider

1 small potato , peeled and sliced

2 thyme sprigs, plus 1 tsp thyme leaves to serve

450ml chicken stock

50ml double cream or crème fraîche

½ Granny Smith apple , cored, peeled and cut into fine matchsticks

2 slices sourdough or baguette

20g grated cheddar or other crumbled cheese

10g dried apple

1 spring onion , finely sliced

Method

Heat the butter in a saucepan until foaming, then add the onions and cook for 10 mins until soft and golden. Add the garlic and cook for 1 min more. Pour over the cider, then add the potato and thyme sprigs and simmer for another 2 mins. Stir in the stock and cream, bring to the boil and simmer for 15 mins until the potato is soft. Remove and discard the thyme, transfer the soup to a blender and blitz until smooth.

To make the cheese & apple toasts, heat the grill to high. Toast the bread on both sides, then mix the cheese, dried apple and onion together. Pack the mixture onto the toasts, then grill until melted and golden. Pour the soup into bowls, scatter over the apple matchsticks and thyme leaves, then serve with the toasts.