Celeriac and Bramley Apple Soup

[Irene]

Celeriac and Bramley apple soup

 

Serves 4-6 | prep: 20 mins | total time: 45 mins, plus infusing

 

Ingredients

·         500g celeriac

·         1 litre chicken stock (or vegetable stock)

·         3 tbsp rapeseed oil

·         1 onion, finely chopped

·         2 Bramley apples

·         freshly squeezed juice of 1 lemon

·         200ml double cream

·         150g salty blue cheese, such as Roquefort

·         walnut oil, to drizzle

·         4 tbsp walnuts, toasted, to garnish

·         celery leaves, to garnish

 

 

Step by step

1.    First, peel and finely chop the celeriac, but keep the peel.  Pour the chicken stock into a large saucepan over a high heat and bring to the boil.  Add the celeriac peel, then remove the pan from the heat, cover the top with clingfilm and leave to infuse for 20-30 minutes.

2.    Heat the rapeseed oil in a large frying pan over a low heat.  Add the onion and a pinch of salt, cover the pan and leave the onion to sweat for 10-12 minutes until softened, but not coloured.

3.    Meanwhile, peel and dice the apples and mix them with the lemon juice so they don’t oxidise and turn brown.

4.    When the onion has softened, add the apples and any juice, and the celeriac.  Strain the infused chicken stock into the pan and bring to the boil.  Reduce the heat to low and simmer, uncovered, for 10-15 minutes until the celeriac is tender.  Add the double cream and return the liquid to the boil.  Pour the soup into a blender and blend until smooth.

5.    When ready to serve, reheat the soup, if necessary.  Crumble the blue cheese into soup bowls, then pour the hot soup on top and finish with a drizzle of walnut oil, toasted walnuts and celery leaves.

 

Tip    Use less stock and you'll make a lovely purée to accompany meats, such as pork, venison or pheasant.

 

 

[catgate]

Serves 4-6 |

It looks very interesting, but unfortunately there are only the two of us.

 

 

 

 

[Belatucadrus]

Fortunately it freezes nicely.

[AlanHo]

Treating blue cheese like that should be made a criminal offence

[andsome]

7 minutes ago, AlanHo said:

Treating blue cheese like that should be made a criminal offence

Depends what sought of blue cheese. There are common or garden blue cheeses and there is STYLTON. The king. 

[AlanHo]

I prefer Stilton cheese.  You may ask Y and I will tell you..

[andsome]

2 minutes ago, AlanHo said:

I prefer Stilton cheese.  You may ask Y and I will tell you..

It really is the king of cheeses.

[Belatucadrus]

2 hours ago, AlanHo said:

Treating blue cheese like that should be made a criminal offence

Consider me a serial offender, I shall be knocking out the next batch in a day or so. I will try to feel appropriately guilty to sooth your bruised sensibilities.

 

PS I will fail miserably