Koko wrote:
> I know this is the wrong time of the year for this soup.

There's never a wrong time of year for soup

> I need to make chile for a function next week and ran across this
> while I was checking out some of my chile recipes.
> It's too good not to share.
>
> It brings back fond memories of living in Santa Fe, New Mexico and
> eating at The Pink Adobe.
> Wahoo!!! can't wait to get to the cookin' in Albuquerque this fall.
>
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> Brie With Green Chile Soup
>
> soup/stew
>
> 1/4 cup onion; chopped
> 1/2 cup celery; chopped
> 4 tbsp butter (unsalted)
> 2 tbsp flour
> 1 pint half and half
> 2 cups chicken stock (unsalted, canned, if; you must)
> 1/2 pound brie; cut into small pieces
> 1 cup roasted, peeled, and chopped fresh; green chilies.
> salt and fresh ground black pepper; to taste.
>
> If at all possible, use fresh NM green chilies in the fall. You
> wouldn't want this in mid summer anyway)
>
> Preparation:
> In a large saucepan, saute' onion and celery in butter until soft.
> Stir in flour until smooth. Using a whisk, slowly add half and half
> and chicken stock. Stir constantly until blended. Add Brie and whisk
> until melted. Add chiles, salt, and pepper. Allow to simmer without
> boiling for ten (10) minutes. Ladle soup into bowls and serve hot.
>
> [note: take the time to carefully remove the seeds from the green
> chiles. The soup is thick and they tend to stay suspended in the
> soup, to the detriment of the texture]
> The Pink Adobe is a restaurant in Santa Fe, NM that opened in 1944, an
> institution, in other words.
>
> This soup is a very rich and smooth beginning for a southwestern meal.
> American Brie is now available and I find it equal, if not superior to
> the French Brie due to a shorter traveling time. [but remember, she
> is in Santa Fe and the cookbook is the better part of three decades
> old; -another way of saying, I use French]
>
> Contributor: Rosalea Murphy's The Pink Adobe Cookbook
>
> Yield: 6 servings.
> ** Exported from Now You're Cooking! v5.77 **
>
> Koko
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