Cream Of Celery Soup
"My husband is a self proclaimed soup connoisseur. He loves to eat soup and make it. In the winter time, there is always a welcoming pot of soup on the stove-top that he is more than willing to offer up. Here is one of my favourites of his soup recipes."
Original is 7 servings
Ingredients
Nutritional
- Serving Size: 1 (320 g)
- Calories 169.1
- Total Fat - 9.7 g
- Saturated Fat - 2.9 g
- Cholesterol - 12.6 mg
- Sodium - 832.2 mg
- Total Carbohydrate - 15.9 g
- Dietary Fiber - 3.3 g
- Sugars - 3.3 g
- Protein - 5.5 g
- Calcium - 57.7 mg
- Iron - 1.3 mg
- Vitamin C - 10 mg
- Thiamin - 0.1 mg
Step by Step Method
Step 1
Heat the oil and butter in a dutch oven over medium-high heat.
Step 2
Add the celery, potatoes, onion, garlic, bacon and bay leaves and cook until onions are translucent.
Step 3
Pour in broth and add thyme, parsley and pepper and bring to a boil.
Step 4
Reduce heat and simmer for 30 minutes
Step 5
Remove bay leaves.
Step 6
Add the flour water mixture and stir.
Step 7
With an emulsion blender, puree until smooth.
Step 8
Place into bowls and garnish with the chopped celery leaves.
Tips
No special items needed.