Cream of Celery soup
- 1 bunch celery
- 2 diced sweet onion
- 2 tbsp light margerine
- 2 cup low sodium chicken broth
- 1 cup white cooking wine
- 1/4 tsp salt (optional)
- 1/4 tsp pepper
- 2 cup nonfat milk
- 1 can evaporated milk
- 1/2 tsp parsley
- 1/4 tsp nutmeg
- Chop celery into small pieces.
- Use the entire bunch (~4 cups).
- Reserve the leaves for garnish.
- Chop onions into small chunks.
- Melt light margerine into a large saucepot or dutch oven.
- Add celery and onions and saute for ~5 minutes.
- Add wine, chicken broth, salt and pepper.
- Simmer for 15 minutes.
- While celery stock is on simmer, combine evaporated milk and skim milk and heat on low.
- Stir to keep from scalding.
- Remove celery stock from heat and let cool a few minutes.
- Run batches through a blender to puree the soup stock.
- Return pureed soup to pot and add cream base.
- Add parsley and nutmeg and simmer ~12 minutes.
- Serve hot garnished with a celery leaf, and a sprinkling of parsley or nutmeg.
- May be refrigerated for two days prior to serving.
celery, sweet onion, light margerine, chicken broth, white cooking wine, salt, pepper, nonfat milk, milk, parsley, nutmeg
Taken from cookpad.com/us/recipes/357257-cream-of-celery-soup (may not work)