Cream of Celery Soup

Submitted by Charlotte J

"This old-fashioned from 1902 is brought upto date using a food processor."

 

• Ready In: 1hr
• Ingredients: 7
• Serves: 6

ingredients

• 2 - 2 1⁄4 lbs celery, trimmed and chopped (about 5 cups, 1 head)
• 1 tablespoon butter
• 2 tablespoons finely chopped onions
• 1 tablespoon all-purpose flour
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 1⁄4 teaspoon white pepper
• 4 cups milk

directions

1. In a large saucepan bring to boil the celery and enough salted water to cover it.
2. Reduce heat and simmer, covered, for 30 to 35 minutes or until the celery is very tender.
3. Drain celery, discarding liquid.
4. Place half of the cooked celery in a food processor bowl.
5. Cover and process until very finely chopped.
6. Repeat with remaining cooked celery.
7. (You should have about 2 1/2 cups finely chopped celery and liquid; do not drain mixture.) In the same large saucepan melt the butter over medium heat.
8. Stir in the onion and cook until tender (about 4 minutes).
9. Stir in flour, salt, and white pepper.
10. Stir in milk all at once.
11. Cook and stir for 10 minutes or until bubbly.
12. Stir in the celery mixture.
13. Cook and stir for 5 minutes more.
14. Serves 6.

Reviews

[Richard 7]

Kind of bland, as cooked by this recipe. Adding a 1/4 teaspoon each of garlic powder and dry marjoram, plus 2 tablespoons of fresh parsley (ingredients in other recipes) saved the soup!

 

[Oat57]

This is good.

 

[Chef floWer]

Yummy Soup! I halved the serving, substituted the milk to lactose free milk and I used a hand wand instead of a food processor, otherwise kept to the recipe. It was so easy to make and it's very delicious, it was my first time I made a cream of celery soup. Thank you CharlotteJ

 

[Elliemae Clampet]

Awsome recipe. Very quick and easy. Made it as a base for cream of broccoli recipe from zaar. Thanks for a quick and easy keeper! :-)

 

[Heystopthatnow]

I can't believe I actually made cream of celery soup! I only got to taste a little bit of it but boy was that delicious! The only thing that I changed was instead of using milk (I ran out), I used 2 cups heavy cream and 2 cups reconstituted powdered milk.