Sig's Creme of Celeriac Soup

Name: Sig's Creme of Celeriac Soup
Yield: 4 servings
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: 500 grams celeriac,peeled and cubed; 1/4 liter water; 2 tbsp Butter; 2 tbsp plain flour; 1/2 liter milk; 1 tbsp lemon juice; 1/2 tsp salt; 1 good pinch of white pepper; 1 pinch sugar; 1/4 liter fresh cream; 1 tbsp crushed walnut kernel; 4 slice toasted rye bread (optional); 150 grams jar mixed wild mushrooms,(optional)

Sigrun @sigrun

German, living in England

celeriac is a very wrinkly ugly looking root vegetable,celery family.

Sigrun @sigrun

German, living in England

celeriac is a very wrinkly ugly looking root vegetable,celery family.

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Ingredients

4 servings

500 gramsceleriac,peeled and cubed
1/4 literwater
2 tbspButter
2 tbspplain flour
1/2 litermilk
1 tbsplemon juice
1/2 tspsalt
1good pinch of white pepper
1 pinchsugar
1/4 literfresh cream
1 tbspcrushed walnut kernel
4 slicetoasted rye bread (optional)
150 gramsjar mixed wild mushrooms,(optional)

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Steps

1

Wash.peel and chop celeriac into cubes. Simmer celeriac in all of the water with lid closed.
2

Add butter to soup pot.melt,add the flour and cook until slightly bubbly,do not let brown or burn.Slowly stir in milk,simmer for 5 minutes stirring all the time.Add the boiling water from the celeriac.Puree the celeriac pieces in a blender add to the soup.
3

Season soup with lemon juice,salt,pepper and sugar.Chop the walnuts and whisk the cream.
4

Serve the soup in warmed soup bowls.Add a good spoonful of whipped cream and sprinkle with nuts.decorate with celeriac leaf if available
5

You can garnish with toasted bread of choice topped with the mushrooms,
6

Or you can mix two soups and serve as one,