Cream of celery soup recipe

[poodicat]

Have some left over after making lasagne,i love cream of celery soup but not raw celery has anyone got a tried recipe for this soup?

[Androcles]

Delia:

350g trimmed celery stalks, save the leaves
110g potatoes, peeled and cut into chunks
2 medium sized leeks (whites only) sliced and washed
1pt (570ml) chicken stock
150ml single cream
150ml milk
1/4 teaspoon celery seeds (optional I don't always use)
25g butter
Salt & black pepper

In a largish pan melt the butter over a low heat. Chop the celery and add it to the pan with the potatoes and drained leeks. Sitr well, coating the veg with butter, cover with a lid and cook for about 15 mins.

Then add stock with the celery seeds and some salt. Bring to simmering point, cover once more and cook very gently for 20-25 mins or until the vegetables are really tender. Puree the soup by liquidising or sieving, then return to the pan, stirring in the cream and milk.

Bring the soup back to the boil, check the seasoning, adding more s&p if necessary. Just before serving, chop the reserved celery leaves and stir them in to the soup to give it extra colour.

[Clanad]

We use Cream of Celery soup in a lot recipes. So, we make a bigger batch and freeze the rest. However, it doesn't survice freezing very well with the delicious preceding recipe... here's ours:
1 1/2 C. Chopped Celery
1/3 C. Chopped Onion
1/2 Tsp. Salt
1 C. Water

Cook above, covered approx. 15 minutes or until tender. Do not drain.

Add 2.5 C Milk

Blend 1/2 C milk
3 Tbsp All Purpose Flour
1/2 Tsp Salt (more to taste)
1/8 Tsp White Pepper (more to taste)

Add this to the soup.
Cook and stir until bubbly.

Optional: Stir in 2 Tbsp butter... (Don't add the butter to soup you're going to freeze though)

[pastafreak]

Did you use cream of celery soup in lasagne>?????????

Thats awful!!
As an Italian, I can't begin to imagine what sort of recipe would ask for that.
Or...have I read wrong, and it's CELERY that was used in the lasagne???

(and no-I am not getting at you poodi...I will ask the same of anyone who would use such a recipe)

[poodicat]

Yes pasta i put finely chopped celery and carrot into my lasagne recipe its delicious

[pastafreak]

Do you mean in the meat sauce....ala Bolognese??....Phew...that's fine then.

sorry...I am one of those people who hears about things like pineapple on pizzas,...and I see red.

[ethandron]

i do too, poodicat. in fact, i put just about any veg i have in, into the sauce, all finely chopped up. adds to your 5 a day and adds to the flavour.
ham and pineapple is my favourite pizza, pastafreak :)