Cream of Celery Soup
"Easy, hearty, tasty, my family loves this soup. I'm not sure where I got it anymore, but the copy I have says, "thanks to Curtis Aikens""
- Ready In:
- 1hr 20mins
- Ingredients:
- 8
- Serves:
-
6
ingredients
- 2 cups chopped celery, divided
- 2 cups chopped carrots, divided
- 2 cups onions, diced
- 4 tablespoons butter
- 3 tablespoons flour
- 6 cups hot vegetable broth, divided
- salt & pepper
- 1 (12 ounce) can fat-free evaporated milk
directions
- Make up your vegetable broth. I usually use 6 cups of boiling water, 1 pkg of onion soup mix and 1 extra large vegetable boullion cube (that does 2 cups of broth, like Knorr.).
- In a small saucepan, add 1 cup celery, 1 cup carrots and 1 cup vegetable broth. Bring to a boil and cook for about 4 minutes. Set aside.
- In a large saucepan over medium high heat, melt butter. Add onions and saute until clear. Whisking, add flour, cook 2 minutes making sure flour does not brown.
- Add 5 cups vegetable broth and continue to whisk well until mixture boils.
- Add uncooked 1 cup celery and 1 cup carrots. Bring mixture to a boil, reduce heat and simmer covered for about 30 minutes.
- When cooked, use a slotted spoon to strain out much of the vegetables, put in blender with a cup or two of the stock and puree (my family likes a bit extra of the vegetables to remain unblended to add to the heartiness, but original recipe said run through a fine sieve and blend all the vegetables.).
- Stir puree back into the pot with the liquid. Stir in the reserved vegetables and fat-free evaporated milk (original recipe asked for 1 cup heavy cream.).
- Heat and serve.
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Reviews
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This soup had good flavour, just a little too oniony for us. I would make it again but would substitute at least half of the onion with more celery. -
This recipe is OUTSTANDING! I modified it only slightly as I was trying for cream of potato. I cut the celery down to 1 cup of chopped celery and added 1 diced potato. I also added 1 TBS celery seed. I will definitely be making this recipe frequently. I really loved it. Thank you for sharing!
