Celery Cream Soup

Submitted by Lorac

"Imagine the aroma of home made cream of celery soup simmering on the stove. Simple, easy and rich in flavor."

 

• Ready In: 55mins
• Ingredients: 13
• Serves: 6

ingredients

• 3 tablespoons butter
• 1 1⁄2 lbs celery ribs, sliced
• 2 large onions, chopped
• 3 cloves garlic, chopped
• 3 tablespoons flour
• 6 cups chicken broth (reduced sodium)
• 1 bay leaf
• 1 cup heavy cream
• 1 tablespoon lemon juice
• 3 -4 dashes hot sauce
• salt
• white pepper
• celery leaves (for garnish)

directions

1. In a large sauce pan, melt butter, add celery, onions, and garlic.
2. Cook over medium low heat until soft.
3. Add flour and cook 1-2 minutes over low heat.
4. Add chicken broth and bay leaf, bring to a boil reduce heat, cover and simmer 30 minutes.
5. Remove bay leaf, puree (in small batches) in a blender or processor.
6. Add cream, lemon juice, hot sauce, salt and pepper.
7. Reheat and simmer 5 minutes.
8. Garnish with celery leaves.

Reviews

[tdunn]

Lovely recipe! I've made it twice and everyone's loved it, even the non-celery lovers. The second time I made it, the brand-new carton of cream I bought was lumpy (dontcha hate that!) so I used an 8 oz. package of cream cheese (cubed)and just made sure it was all melted before I served. OMG! It was fabulous!!

 

[pamela t.]

Very nice. I will use this recipe when I have a bunch of celery on hand. You wouldn't believe how much celery goes bad at our house. Now I have the perfect fix for that. We ate about half of this recipe and I froze 3 small containers for lunch or dinner later in the month. Next time, I would add some red pepper flakes because we like it hot. Thanks again, Lorac.

 

[Sageca]

This was really really good.I made Celery soup before and was not impessed. I did add 2 carrots(cleaning out my crisper.). I'm so happy I found your recipe. Loved it and will make it again;I added some Old Bay seasoning. Thanks for posting. Rita

 

[Jenny Draper]

WOW! This is a great soup. I followed closely. Substituted where I needed to. I did not have 2 onions so I made up for it with more garlic. I happened to have had homemade chicken stalk, so that was a bonus. Another change I made to keep my low calorie low fat diet was to use no cream, but to add 1/2 cup fat free milk and then in the simmering stage I slowly stirred in 1/2 nonfat sour cream. I'm telling you'all this was the creamest dish I have allowed myself to have as much as I wanted. It turned out to be a go to vegetable for several days. I have a handheld blender thing that I used to blend in the pot, and mine looks just like the picture "Parsley" posted. Thank you. My Best Friends like it as well.

 

[eva_anita]

I made half portion today. Also added 2 carrots. For me personally, the soup would be better with milk instead of cream and then with grated strong cheddar on top. I use Scottish seriously mature white cheddar cheese. If you want to make it light, then - milk (maybe even skimmed) and no cheese. Thanks for the recipe, I was looking for a way to eat more celery.