Celery Soup
Celery Soup
Celery Soup
Serves: 4
Preparation: 15 minutes
Cooking Time: 25 minutes
Category: Vegetarian
Plan: Make in advance, freeze
Difficulty: Easy
Course: Starter/Supper
You could ring the changes by adding apple, and possibly celeriac, which always makes a delicious soup. Celery can sometimes be a bit stringy so you may need to sieve the soup after liquidising.
Ingredients:
1 tbsp olive oil
Large knob butter
3-4 medium potatoes, peeled and diced
3 carrots, peeled and diced
One whole celery, trimmed and thinly sliced
Tbs mixed herbs
750ml/25 fl oz chicken or beef stock
Seasoning
Method
- Heat the oil and butter, add the peeled and diced potato and carrot and thinly sliced celery.
- Cook over a medium heat for about 5 minutes until the vegetables are soft.
- Add the stock and herbs.
- Mix well, season generously and bring to the boil. Cover and simmer gently until all the vegetables are soft.
- Leave to cool and puree. At this stage, if there is any evidence of stringy bits, then it is best to sieve the soup before serving.
- Reheat gently and add a swirl of crème fraiche or yoghurt and chopped parsley.