CREAM OF CELERY SOUP

It is a miserable wet day today so I decided to make a pan of Cream of Celery Soup using ingredients I have to hand.

Celery, onion garlic and celeriac

1 head of celery
1 onion
A clove of garlic
Piece of celeriac
Half litre vegetable or chicken stock
(Bouillon or stock cubes are fine)
Freshly ground black pepper and salt
Semi skimmed milk
Knob of butter



Method

Using a potato peeler, run it down through the washed celery stalks to remove the 'strings'

Chop the celery, onion and celeriac

Crush the garlic

In a large pan, melt the butter, add the prepared vegetables and sweat them in the lidded pan until transparent.

The vegetables sweated in butter

Add the stock and bring to simmering point.

Season with the pepper and salt.

Simmer until all the vegetables are soft.

Blend to a puree.

Add the milk and heat through, without boiling.

Serve with crusty bread or croutons.

Mmmm.

             

Tasty and warming!