Celery-Celeriac Soup With Roquefort Croutons

• Soup:
• 1 tablespoon butter
• 1 cup thinly sliced leek (about 1 large)
• 1/2 cup chopped shallots
• 4 cups chopped peeled celeriac (celery root; about 2 medium)
• 1 1/2 cups cubed peeled Yukon gold potato
• 1 cup water
• 2 (14-ounce) cans fat-free, less-sodium chicken broth
• 2 thyme sprigs
• 2 bay leaves
• 2 cups thinly sliced celery
• 1 cup 2% reduced-fat milk
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1/2 teaspoon coarsely ground black pepper
• 1/4 cup half-and-half
• Croutons:
• 8 (1/2-inch-thick) slices French bread baguette
• Cooking spray
• 1/2 cup (2 ounces) crumbled Roquefort cheese

1. To prepare soup, melt butter in a large Dutch oven over medium heat. Add leek and shallots; cook 5 minutes or until tender, stirring frequently. Stir in celeriac and next 5 ingredients (through bay leaves); bring to a boil. Cover, reduce heat, and simmer 15 minutes or until vegetables are tender. Stir in celery, milk, salt, and pepper; simmer 10 minutes (do not boil). Remove from heat; let stand 5 minutes. Discard bay leaves and thyme.
2. Place half of celery mixture in a blender; process until smooth. Pour pureed celery mixture into a large bowl. Repeat procedure with remaining celery mixture. Stir in half-and-half.
3. Preheat broiler.
4. To prepare croutons, arrange bread in a single layer on a baking sheet; coat with cooking spray. Broil 1 minute or until golden. Turn bread over; sprinkle each bread slice with 1 tablespoon cheese. Broil 1 minute or until cheese melts; cool 1 minute on baking sheet. Place bread on a cutting board; cut each bread slice into 6 wedges to form croutons. Ladle about 1 cup soup into each of 8 bowls; top each serving with 6 croutons. Serve immediately.

butter, shallots, peeled celeriac, gold potato, water, chicken broth, thyme, bay leaves, celery, milk, salt, ground black pepper, croutons, bread, cooking spray, cheese

Taken from www.myrecipes.com/recipe/celery-celeriac-soup-with-roquefort-croutons (may not work)