Celery Root Soup With A White Cheddar Cap Recipes

CELERY ROOT SOUP (WITH OTHER ROOT VEGGIES)

Steps:

• Place cashews in a small pot with about 2 cups of water and bring to a simmer. Reduce to a low-medium simmer and cook for 15 to 20 minutes to soften cashews. Drain and rinse.
• Place cashews, nutritional yeast, and vegetable broth in a high-powered blender.
• Cover and blend until smooth and not grainy. Time may vary depending on how powerful your blender is. I don't add any salt, but you could if you prefer. Set aside.Note: If you want things thicker, use less broth.
• Heat olive oil in a large pot or Dutch oven over medium heat. Then add leek, carrot, and garlic. Cook, stirring often, for about 5 minutes.
• Add celery root, potatoes, salt, black pepper, and thyme. Stir. Pour in vegetable broth (I use 6 cups, but use 5 if you want a thicker consistency).
• Bring to a boil, then reduce the heat (to about medium-low heat) to a simmer. Cover and cook for 25 to 30 minutes or until veggies are tender.
• Remove two cups of soup, place into a heat-safe container, and carefully blend with an immersion blender until smooth. Stir back into the soup.
• Stir in the cashew cream. Note: If you want to use dairy instead of cashew cream, stir in 1/2 cup or so of half-and-half or heavy cream.
• To serve, divide the soup into bowls and garnish (as desired) with any of your favourite soup toppings (croutons are delicious). Enjoy!

CELERY ROOT SOUP WITH CROUTONS

Steps:

• Bring a large pot of lightly salted water to a simmer, add celery root pieces, and simmer until soft, about 30 minutes. Drain.
• Place celery root in a blender and process until smooth. Transfer puree to a pot, add vegetable broth, and bring to a boil over medium-high heat. Reduce heat and simmer for 5 minutes. Add cream and cook until hot, but don't boil. Season with salt, pepper, and nutmeg.
• Meanwhile, melt butter in a skillet over medium heat and toast bread cubes until dry and lightly browned, 3 to 5 minutes.
• Ladle soup into bowls and garnish with chopped parsley and croutons.

CELERY ROOT SOUP

Steps:

• In a stock pot over medium heat, melt the butter and salute the leeks for 3-4 minutes.
• Add the celery root, stock, and salt, bring to a boil, cover, and simmer for 18 minutes or until the celery root is fork tender.
• Using a regular or immersion blender, carefully blend the soup until it is smooth and creamy.
• To Freeze: Allow to cool, store in appropriate container or ziploc bag, label and freeze up to 4 months. When ready, defrost in fridge for 24 hours or place in pot and bring to heat over low-medium heat.

CREAMY CELERY ROOT SOUP

Steps:

• Heat the olive oil in a medium Dutch oven over medium heat. Add the celery and onion and cook until they begin to wilt, about 4 minutes. Add the celery root and toss to coat in the oil. Add the thyme and season with 1 teaspoon salt and a generous grinding of black pepper. Cook, stirring, until the celery root beings to wilt, about 4 minutes.
• Add the chicken broth, bay leaf and 2 cups water. Bring to a simmer and cook until the vegetables are tender, about 30 minutes. Add the oat milk and simmer to incorporate, 3 to 4 minutes.
• Remove the bay leaf and blend the soup in a blender, in batches, until silky and smooth. Return the soup to the pot to heat through. Season with salt and pepper, if necessary. Serve in bowls with a drizzle of olive oil and some chopped chives.

CREAM OF CELERY ROOT SOUP

Steps:

• Melt butter in heavy large saucepan over medium heat. Add celery roots, onions and celery. Sprinkle with salt and pepper. Cover and cook until tender, stirring occasionally, about 20 minutes. Add garlic, celery salt and cayenne pepper and stir 1 minute. Add vermouth and boil until most of liquid evaporates, about 8 minutes. Add stock. Bring to boil. Reduce heat and simmer until vegetables are very tender, about 15 minutes. Puree soup in blender in batches until smooth. Return to saucepan. Add cream. Simmer until thickened to desired consistency, about 5 minutes. Ladle soup into bowls. Sprinkle with chives and serve.

CREAMY APPLE AND CELERY ROOT SOUP WITH GRILLED CHEDDAR, BACON AND APPLE HONEY MUSTARD SANDWICH

Steps:

• For the soup, heat the EVOO, 3 turns of the pan, in a soup pot or large Dutch oven. Add the chopped celeriac, parsnips, potato, onion, bay and thyme. Season with salt and pepper and cook, partially covered, to soften, 10 to 12 minutes, stirring occasionally. Add the apples and lemon juice and cook 5 minutes more. Then deglaze the pan with the Calvados or Sauterne and add the chicken stock. Simmer over medium-low heat, 20 to 25 minutes more. Then remove the bay leaf and puree the soup. If too thick, add 1 cup water to puree. Add the cream or creme fraiche, turn off the heat, cool and store for a make-ahead meal.
• Butter one side of each slice of bread. Combine the apple butter, honey and mustard and spread over opposite sides of the bread. With the buttered-side facing out, build the cheese sandwiches and individually wrap for make-ahead.
• To serve, preheat the oven to 375 degrees F. Heat the soup up over medium heat, stirring occasionally. Arrange the bacon on a slotted pan and bake until crisp, about 15 minutes. Place the bacon and sliced apples in the prepared sandwiches. Heat a griddle pan over medium heat and make the grilled cheeses, cooking until deeply golden and crisp on both sides.

CREAMY CELERY ROOT SOUP (CELERIAC SOUP)

Steps:

• Heat the olive oil in a Dutch oven over medium heat. Add the garlic, onion and bay leaf. Sauté for 3-5 minutes, until the onion is translucent and the garlic is fragrant.
• Add the cubed celeriac, cauliflower florets, chicken broth, sea salt, and black pepper to the pot and bring to a boil. Reduce the heat to medium-low and simmer for 20 minutes, until the celeriac is tender.
• Remove from the heat and remove the bay leaf. Add the heavy cream. Blend with an immersion blender, until the soup is smooth and creamy. Simmer for 5 more minutes.
• To serve, top soup with optional toppings, if desired.

WHITE CHEDDAR CHEESE SOUP

Steps:

• In a saucepan, melt butter.
• Add leeks, celery, and carrot and saute for about 3 minutes or until wilted. Stir in garlic and season with salt and pepper. Dust the vegetables with 1/4 cup of flour and stir for 3 minutes.
• Whisk in the chicken broth, 1/2 cup at a time.
• Bring the liquid up to a boil and reduce to simmer. Simmer soupf for 45 minutes. Remove from heat and puree until smooth. Strain soup into a clean saucepan. Bring soup back to a simmer. Whisk in cream, cheese, hot sauce, and Worcestershire sauce. Season with salt and pepper. Ladle into bowls. Garnish with bacon, grated cheese, and long chives.

CREAMY CELERY ROOT SOUP WITH HAM

Steps:

• In a 4-quart saucepan, melt butter. Add leeks, celery and salt. Cover and cook over low heat, stirring occasionally, until soft, about 10 minutes. Meanwhile, quarter celery root and thickly peel, using a knife. Cut into 1-inch dice. Add celery root, potato, 6 cups water, ham bone and herb bundle to pot, and bring to a boil. Reduce heat to medium-low and simmer, uncovered, until potato is tender, about 30 minutes.
• Discard herb bundle. Remove ham bone, remove meat from bone, chop meat and return meat to soup. Using an immersion blender, purée soup. Add cream, if desired, and heat. Taste and add salt if needed. Ladle soup into bowls and season with white pepper. Garnish with herbs, and serve.

CHILLED CREAM OF CELERY ROOT SOUP

Steps:

• Peel the celery root and dice into 1/2-inch cubes.
• Place it in a steamer and steam over boiling water for 10 minutes, or until tender enough to be easily mashed.
• Remove celery root from steamer and reserve one cup of liquid.
• Put one-third of the celery root and the reserved liquid in a blender.
• Blend until smooth, alternately adding the remaining celery root along with the buttermilk, salt and white pepper.
• Blend until smooth.
• Pour into a bowl and add the chopped chives.
• Mix thoroughly.
• Chill before serving.
• Serve in chilled soup bowls or mugs.

PURéE OF CELERY ROOT SOUP

Steps:

• In a saucepan over medium heat, heat 3 tablespoons oil and add leek, onion, celery and garlic. Sauté until softened but not browned, about 4 minutes.
• Add celery root and stock, and bring to a boil. Reduce heat to low and simmer until celery root is tender when pierced with a knife, about 20 minutes.
• Using a blender and working in batches, purée soup until smooth. Add remaining 1 tablespoon oil and milk as needed to enrich soup. Season with salt and pepper to taste. If desired, soup may be cooled, covered and refrigerated for up to 24 hours before serving. Reheat gently just until steaming.
• To serve, divide soup among four bowls. Garnish with chervil or tarragon, and serve hot.

WHITE ROOT VEGETABLE SOUP WITH THYME BUTTER

Steps:

• Mix 6 tablespoons butter and thyme in small bowl to blend well. Season thyme butter to taste with salt and pepper.
• Melt remaining 2 tablespoons butter in heavy large pot over medium heat. Add leeks and garlic and sauté until leeks are tender but not brown, about 10 minutes. Add 10 cups broth, celery root, turnips, and parsnips; bring to boil. Reduce heat to medium, cover and simmer until vegetables are very tender, about 50 minutes. Cool slightly. Working in batches, puree soup in blender until smooth. Return soup to pot. Stir in cream. Season with salt and pepper. (Thyme butter and soup can be made 1 day ahead. Wrap butter in plastic wrap. Cool soup slightly. Refrigerate uncovered until cold, then cover and keep chilled. Rewarm soup over medium heat, adding more broth, if desired, to thin.)
• Ladle soup into 12 bowls. Top each with small piece of thyme butter; swirl into soup and serve.

CELERY ROOT SOUP WITH A WHITE CHEDDAR CAP

Steps:

• SOUP:.
• Trim outer layer of celery root, cutting around bulb and leaving center white flesh, and dice.
• Peel, core and seed the apples. Grate apple on a box grater.
• Place a large saucepan over low to medium heat. Add milk, celery root, apples, onion, and potato.
• Bring to a slow simmer and cook 45 minutes, until celery root is fork-tender. (Do not use high heat.).
• Carefully puree soup in a blender until smooth. Strain through chinois or fine mesh strainer.
• Season with salt and white pepper to taste and stir butter into soup.
• CHEDDAR CAP:.
• Place a very clean, small, dry, non-stick pan over medium heat. Add 2 ounces of grated Cheddar, evenly distributed in the pan.
• Cook about 2 minutes on one side and check for color. You want each side to be a crispy golden brown. When the first side is cooked, flip and cook the other side.
• Remove immediately from pan and place onto a cutting board. Using a cup or ring mold, cut cheese into a circular shape. Place round on paper towels to drain.
• GARNISH:.
• Fill a bowl with very cold water and add 1 tsp lemon juice.
• Core the apple and cut into very thin strips, immersing in the cold water.
• Just before serving drain apple strips, dry, toss with the olive oil, lemon juice, and celery leaves.
• TO SERVE:.
• Divide soup into heated serving bowls.
• Top each bowl with a cheddar cap. NOTE: Do not place cap on bowl until just ready to serve.
• Spoon garnish atop cheddar cap and serve.