Cream Of Celery Soup

Total Time: 1 hr Preparation Time: 45 mins Cook Time: 15 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 6
• 2 -2 1/4 lbs celery, trimmed and chopped (about 5 cups, 1 head)
• 1 tablespoon butter
• 2 tablespoons finely chopped onions
• 1 tablespoon all-purpose flour
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 1/4 teaspoon pepper
• 4 cups milk

Recipe

• 1 in a large saucepan bring to boil the celery and enough salted water to cover it.
• 2 reduce heat and simmer, covered, for 30 to 35 minutes or until the celery is very tender.
• 3 drain celery, discarding liquid.
• 4 place half of the cooked celery in a food processor bowl.
• 5 cover and process until very finely chopped.
• 6 repeat with remaining cooked celery.
• 7 (you should have about 2 1/2 cups finely chopped celery and liquid; do not drain mixture.) in the same large saucepan melt the butter over medium heat.
• 8 stir in the onion and cook until tender (about 4 minutes).
• 9 stir in flour, salt, and pepper.
• 10 stir in milk all at once.
• 11 cook and stir for 10 minutes or until bubbly.
• 12 stir in the celery mixture.
• 13 cook and stir for 5 minutes more.
• 14 serves 6.