Canadian cheese soup with black pudding and apple

Name: Canadian cheese soup with black pudding and apple
Prep time: 30 min
Cook time: 30 min
Total time: 1 h
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: 2 tbsp olive oil; 30g/1oz unsalted butter; 4 rashers streaky bacon, chopped; 1 onion, diced; 1 potato, peeled and diced; 1 garlic clove, chopped; 2 celery sticks, chopped; 1 tsp chopped fresh thyme; 1 bay leaf; 1 tbsp plain flour; 1–2 tsp English mustard powder; 200ml/7fl oz chicken stock; 300ml/10fl oz full-fat milk; 200g/7oz Kirkham’s Lancashire cheese, crumbled; ground white pepper; 25g/1oz unsalted butter; 150g/5½oz British black pudding, broken into crumbs; 1 Braeburn apple, cored, peeled and diced; 1 tbsp chopped fresh chervil

Instructions

Prep:30minCook:30min

This makes a very comforting lunch on a cold winter’s day. The addition of a black pudding garnish elevates this lunch to something particularly special.

Updated at: Thu, 11 Dec 2025 11:11:42 GMT