Cream of Celery Soup

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Celery Soup PostStyleNest presents this light, cream of celery soup to enjoy before indulging in weekend chocolate treats.

Serves 8

Cooking Time: 25 – 30 mins

What you’ll Need:

  • 1 Knorr Chicken Stock Pot
  • 250g celery
  • the white part of 1 leek
  • 50g butter
  • 1 onion, finely sliced
  • 250g celeriac, peeled and kept in water with a touch of lemon juice to stop it discolouring
  • 1 small potato, peeled
  • 200ml double cream (or, for a low-fat, healthy option Elmea Double Light)

What To Do:

  • First dissolve the Knorr Chicken Stock Pot into 600ml boiling water to make the stock.
  • Finely slice the celery, reserving the leaves for use as a garnish.
  • Heat the butter over a low heat in a large, heavy-based saucepan until melted.
  • Add in the celery and onion to the pan and mix gently to coat with the melted butter.
  • Finely chop the white of the leek and add to the celery mixture.
  • Finely slice the celeriac and add to the pan, mixing in gently.
  • Cook the vegetables over a very low heat, stirring often, for 10-15 minutes so that they soften but without taking on any colour. Known as ‘sweating’ this gentle cooking process intensifies the flavour and natural sweetness of the vegetables.
  • Meanwhile, as the celery mixture is sweating, finely slice the potato and add it to a separate large saucepan. Add in the double cream and the Knorr Chicken Stock.  Bring this mixture to a gentle simmer.
  • Add the sweated vegetables to the simmering Knorr Chicken Stock mixture. Bring to the boil, then reduce the heat and simmer, stirring now and then, for 10 minutes.
  • Working in batches if necessary, transfer the celery soup to a food processor and blitz until smooth.
  • For an extra smooth texture, pass the blitzed soup through a fine-meshed sieve into a large saucepan, using the back of a ladle to press down and gently working the mixture so that it passes through the sieve.
  • Gently heat through the sieved soup
  • Serve garnished with a sprinkling of chopped celery leaves.

 

Recipe from www.knorr.co.uk

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