Cream Of Dill Pickle Soup Recipe

ingredients

3 tablespoons butter
1/4 cup finely chopped Vidalia or sweet onion
1/2 cup all-purpose flour PLUS"PLUS" means this ingredient in addition to the one on the next line, often with divided uses
1 tablespoon all-purpose flour
1/2 cup white wine
5 cups water
1 1/2 cup dill pickle juice
2 teaspoons dried dill weed, crushed
1/2 cup whipping cream or half & half
1 tablespoon granulated sugar
1/2 teaspoon table salt
1/8 black pepper
1 large dill pickle, cut julienne

directions

In a large soup pot over medium heat, melt butter. Add onion and saute until soft. Reduce heat and stir in flour. Do NOT brown. Slowly add white wine and continue cooking until almost all liquid evaporates.

In a large bowl, combine water and pickle juice. Quickly stir in all at once to onion mixture. Bring to a boil, stirring constantly, until soup slightly thickens.

Add dill weed. Reduce heat to low and stir in whipping cream or Half and Half. Simmer to desired consistency, but do NOT boil.

Add sugar. Season with salt and black pepper. Remove from heat. Serve hot in soup bowls and garnish with julienne dill pickle.

nutrition data

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