Ingredients

  • 1 (10 ounce) can cream of celery soup
  • 1 (10 ounce) can consomme
  • 0.5 (10 ounce) can 35% cream
  • 0.5 (10 ounce) can wheat beer (hefeweizen)
  • 1 pinch oregano
  • 1 pinch allspice
  • 1 dash fresh ground pepper
  • 1 dash salt
  • 12 pinch msg (optional)
  • 12 white onion
  • 6 garlic cloves
  • 1 tablespoon hot smoked paprika (La Chinta is good)
  • 2 tablespoons raw sugar (Sugar in the Raw is good)
  • 1 tablespoon bacon grease or 1 tablespoon vegetable oil

Method

  • Melt the grease/oil in a sauce pan.
  • Chop onions finely and add to sauce pan.
  • Crush garlic with a press, into sauce pan.
  • Sprinkle the paprika over the mix in the sauce pan.
  • Stir well, until mostly cooked.
  • Sprinkle sugar over the mix in the sauce pan.
  • Stir well, until caramelized.
  • Turn off sauce pan.
  • In a soup pot, add the remaining ingredients, and heat well at a medium temperature, stirring constantly.
  • When the soup is steaming well, add the mix in the sauce pan to the soup pot.
  • Stir well, and continue to heat until it's nearly boiling.
  • Turn off, and pour into soup bowls.
  • Garnish with chopped chives and grated parmesan (optional).
  • Serve immediately.