recipes/celerysoup.recipe.md

Cream of Celery Soup

If you don't have a leek to hand, substitue with another onion.

Ingredients

• 50 g butter
• 1 each onion
• 1 each leek
• 1 each medium potato
• 1 each head of celery
• 500 ml vegetable stock
• 250 ml milk
• 125 ml double cream
• salt
• pepper

Directions

Peel and dice the onion, leek, and potato. Trim the celery, reserving the leaves for later, then chop the stalks. Melt the butter and sweat the vegetables with a good pinch of salt for 15 minutes, stirring occasionally.

Add the stock and simmer gently until the vegetables are soft (about 25 minutes). Add the milk and puree with a stick blender.

Stir in the cream and chopped celery leaves, adjust seasoning to taste.

Metadata

tags: Soups