Celery Soup
Today’s soup recipe is not to everyone’s taste but most people I know like it. It’s smooth delicious and nutritious! A quick and easy recipe. Almost impossible to go wrong and it freezes well. This soup has a lightness and it’s great for filling a flask to accompany a Winter walk.
Recipe for Celery Soup
(Makes enough to serve 8).
The equipment you will need:
- a sharp veg prep knife and chopping board
- a large soup pan
- a wooden spoon
- a hand blender
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Ingredients
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- 2 tablespoons olive oil
- 1 large or 2 small onions, peeled and chopped
- 1/2 large cloves of garlic, peeled and chopped
- 1 large baking potato, peeled and chopped
- 1 whole head of celery, washed and chopped
- 1 teaspoon sea salt
- 1 teaspoon ground black pepper
- Few shakes of ground white pepper
- 2 veg stock cubes I used https://www.oxo.co.uk/ made up into 1 litre of stock
- 150 ml milk
Step 1
Peel and chop the veg
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Step 2
Heat the oil. Sauté the onion and garlic for 3 minutes until translucent. Add the diced potato. Cover and cook on a low heat until potato is tender about 5 minutes. Add the chopped celery, cover and cook for 5 minutes. Add the hot stock, stir well, cover and cook for 10 further minutes. Add the seasoning. Stir well. Cover and cook until all veg are tender.
Step 3
Remove from the heat. Blitz with a hand-blender add the milk. Serve hot, or portion and freeze when cold.
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Variation
Sprinkle on grated mature cheddar cheese and serve with crusty bread. Or crumble some Blue Stilton cheese on top.