Creamy Stilton Soup

Ingredients

• 1/2 cup finely chopped onion
• 1/2 cup finely chopped carrot
• 1 bay leaf
• 1/4 cup butter
• 1/4 cup all-purpose flour
• 1/4 teaspoon white pepper
• 2 cups chicken broth
• 1 1/2 cups Half-and-Half
• 1 1/2 cups crumbled Stilton cheese
• Snipped parsley

Instructions

1. Cook onion, carrot and bay leaf in butter in a 3 quart saucepan until onion and carrot are tender, about 5 minutes.
2. Stir in flour and white pepper. Cook over low heat, stirring constantly until smooth and bubbly; remove from heat.
3. Stir in broth and Half-and-Half. Heat to boiling over medium heat, stirring constantly; boil and stir for 1 minute.
4. Reduce heat to low. Stir in cheese; heat over low heat, stirring constantly, just until cheese is melted.
5. Remove bay leaf; sprinkle soup with parsley.