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Another month gone! 
  (It must be time for another beer)










No costumes required!
(none refused either)

Once again BfE will be meeting at the Belle on Mendocino near College Ave.

Please join us for a little Oktoberfest with a techie spirit.

 
                       
Come share an hour or so with the Beers for Engineers crew, bring a friend.

Where: the Belvedere

When: Friday Oct. 27 2006 after 5:00 PM

Why: because we love you Man!

The beer is cold the fun is good!

 


(Yeah I 'borrowed' the picture... I'll 'return' it within the 30 days that the DMCA requires)

((I also 'Liberated' the recipe below I don't know if this falls under DCMA,
 but I do know that recipes cannot be copyrighted))




Pumpkin and Beer Soup
with Spiced Walnut Cream
Chef Andrea Curto
6  Servings 1 Tbls butter
1 onion, coarsely chopped
1 carrot, coarsely chopped
1/2 bulb fennel, coarsely chopped
1 shallot, coarsely chopped
1 bay leaf
2 1/2 cups Amber Lager or Brown Ale beer
7 cups chicken broth
3 1/2 cups canned pumpkin pureé
3 tsp cinnamon
2 tsp ground ginger
1 tsp ground cloves
2 New Mexico red chilies, dried and seeded
1/2 cup maple syrup
1/2 tsp salt
1/4 tsp pepper
3/4 cup walnut halves and pieces
2 tsp chili powder
2 Tbls honey
1 cup sour cream
Procedure
In large pot over medium heat, place butter, onion, carrot, fennel, shallot and bay leaf.
Cook vegetables until tender, about 3 minutes, stirring.
Increase heat to high; add beer. Simmer for two minutes.
Add chicken broth, pumpkin pureé, cinnamon, ginger, cloves and chilies. Bring mixture to a boil.
Adjust heat to maintain a simmer; cook for 30 minutes.
In blender or food processor, pureé soup until smooth.
Stir in maple syrup, salt and pepper.
Top with toasted walnut cream.
Serve hot.

Toasted Walnut Cream:
Preheat oven to 375° F.
Place walnuts in ovenproof sauté pan; toast in oven until golden brown, about 8 minutes.
Stir in chili powder. Toss to coat.
Stir in honey; toss to coat.
Bake 3 - 5 minutes more until walnuts are candied.
Spread walnuts on wax paper to cool.
Chop walnuts in food processor. Mix walnuts with sour cream.
    

Per Serving: 381 calories; 10 g protein; 43.9 g carbohydrate; 18 g fat; 6 g saturated fat









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