Le Cellier at Epcot is famous for it’s Cheddar Cheese Soup. It is one of those dishes where you either love it or hate it. I guess it’s down to whether or not you like cheese too.

At our Disney Brit Regional Studios we decided to try out the recipe and share our own attempts and feedback.

The recipe that we used was

Ingredients:

1.2 Litres milk, warmed
½ pound bacon
10 tablespoons butter
3 sticks of celery, chopped small
2 red onions, finely chopped
190g flour
1 Litre chicken stock
500g cheddar cheese, grated
Salt & Pepper to taste.
1 ½ teaspoons Tabasco sauce
3 teaspoons Worcestershire sauce
330ml of warm ale

Method of Preparation:

1.  Warm milk in a small pan.
2. Brown the bacon in a large saucepan, then render until crisp. Remove some bacon if required for a garnish.
3. Add the butter and melt.
4. Add celery and onions, cook on a medium to low heat until translucent.
5. Add flour and mix thoroughly to form a roux. This will turn very dry and thick.
6. Turn up heat and add chicken stock and simmer for three minutes.
7. Add warm milk and stir vigorously as it thickens.
8. Cook out roux until thickened.
9. Reduce heat to low, add cheese, and stir until melted.
10. Season with salt, pepper, Tabasco, and Worcestershire sauce.
11. Just prior to serving, add ale.
12. Garnish with cooked bacon and fresh chives.

“My cheddar cheese soup was delicious. Although my entire family decided before trying it, that it was disgusting. Admittedly my wife isn’t a big cheese fan. My daughters (2 and 5) are fickle.

The recipe that we used cooks (in my opinion  enough for 10 – 12 bowls. As a result I ended up eating it for lunch at work 3 days in a row. It does microwave as long as you stop and stir often ie every minute. I cut up the bacon as small as I could, but found that when you cook it dry in the pan it breaks up smaller, which I felt was good for the soup.

I would rate it a 4/5 score, but the rest of my family have said 1/5.

Next time I don’t think I’ll buy any chives as they were excessive to not use.”

Alan Hooper

 

By Alan

Alan has been part of the Disney fan community since early 2000. He has worked on and built many fan websites including hiddenwdw.com and hiddendlrp.com. So If your looking for the best secrets of Walt Disney World or Secrets of the Magic Kingdom You can currently join him, Adam and Juz on the Disney Brit Podcast.

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