Almond Baked Celery Recipes

ALMOND CELERY BAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 375 degrees F & grease a 2-quart baking dish.
• Place celery in the prepared baking dish & sprinkle with cheese, paprika & pepper. Top that with the soup & sprinkle everything with the bread crumbs.
• Cover & bake for 45 minutes, then uncover, sprinkle with the almonds & bake for another 10 to 15 minutes or until golden brown.

BAKED CELERY WITH ALMONDS

Steps:

• Wash and cut the celery into 1/2-inch slices including some tender tops. You should have 5 cups of slices. In a large saucepan, simmer the celery in boiling salted water until tender. Drain in a colander *reserving* 1/2 cup of the pot liquor. Discard tops.
• In the same saucepan, melt the butter; stir in flour, salt and pepper and blend well. Add, stirring, the milk and reserved pot liquor; cook until thickened. Remove from heat.
• Stir in celery and half of the toasted almonds. Pour into a 1-quart baking dish. Casserole may be made ahead to this pooint; cover with plastic wrap and refrigerate.
• To finish the casserole: Top with remaining almonds. Combine bread crumbs and melted butter; sprinkle over top of casserole. Bake 20-25 minutes, or until hot and bubbly. Add ten or more minutes to the baking time if the casserole has been refrigerated.

CELERY CASSEROLE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°F.
• Cook celery in salted boiling water for 7 minutes and drain.
• Combine with water chestnuts and soup, pour into a greased 1 1/2 quart casserole.
• In a sauté pan, melt butter, add cracker crumbs and almonds and stir until well mixed.
• Sprinkle over celery mixture and bake for 30 minutes.

ALMOND CELERY

Steps:

• In lg skillet, melt butter.
• Add almonds and saute for 1 minute.
• Remove almonds with slotted spoon.
• Add all other ingredients to skillet.
• Cover and cook till crisp-tender, about 5-6 minutes.
• Return almonds and mix well.