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      Title: Scrumpy Cider & Onion Soup With Welsh Rarebit Croutons
 Categories: Vegetables, Breads, Fruits, Cheese
      Yield: 8 Servings

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      3    Very large onions; sliced
           - fine
     25 g  Butter
      2 cl Garlic; crushed
      1 ts Dark muscavado sugar
      1 l  Vegetable stock
      1 ts Marmite
    275 ml Scrumpy cider; as alcoholic
           - as you can find

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      1    Mini/half baguette; sliced
           - diagonally in 1" slices
      1    Egg yolk
      2    Spring onions; fine chopped
    150 g  Cheese; grated *
      3 tb Scrumpy cider

  * Vintage Cheddar if possible or a mixture of gruyere and cheddar
    would work well.

  In a large saucepan, melt the butter and add the sliced onions,
  garlic, and sugar. Cook on a fairly high heat until starting to
  colour then reduce the heat down to the very lowest possible on
  your stove and leave to cook for at least 30 minutes until they are
  almost on the point of collapse. The bottom of your pan will be
  covered in brown and caramelised gunk - this is ideal, it will
  taste delicious later on.

  Pour in the stock, Marmite and cider, scrape the bottom of the pan
  to dislodge the sticky goo (see above), turn up the heat, and once
  it has come to the boil leave to simmer gently without a lid for
  45 minutes to 1 hour until reduced. This can be done well in
  advance and just reheated when you want to serve it.

  For the croutons, preheat the grill to its highest setting. Place
  6 slices of bread under the grill, (and keep an eagle eye on them
  as they turn to charcoal in seconds when your back is turned). Turn
  them over to toast both sides.

  In a bowl, combine the egg yolk, cheese, spring onions, and cider
  and spoon this over each slice of toast, drizzling any liquid
  remaining in the bowl over the top.

  Toast under the grill until golden brown and bubbling. As this was
  a main course, I served a greedy 3 croutons per person, but if its
  a starter one will suffice!

  Recipe by Kate Ford

  Recipe FROM: https://www.thevegspace.co.uk

  Uncle Dirty Dave's Archives

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