Cream Of Olive Soup With Celery And Almonds

Total Time: 40 mins Preparation Time: 20 mins Cook Time: 20 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 4
• 4 1/4 cups vegetable stock
• 3 tablespoons butter
• 3 tablespoons all-purpose flour
• 1/4 teaspoon fresh ground black pepper
• 1 cup black olives, drained,washed,stoned and finely minced
• 1 cup heavy cream
• salt
• 1/2 cup celery, washed and finely chopped
• 2 tablespoons almonds, blanched,skinned and finely sliced
• 2 tablespoons spring onions, washed and finely chopped
• 1 tablespoon fresh parsley, washed and chopped

Recipe

• 1 heat a saucepan on slow flame.
• 2 melt butter in it.
• 3 add flour and blend it gradually as you do so.
• 4 stir-cook this continuously for 2 minutes.
• 5 add stock and allow to simmer.
• 6 stir in olives and cream.
• 7 allow to simmer for 2 minutes.
• 8 add salt, pepper, celery, almonds, spring onions and parsley.
• 9 serve hot.
• 10 enjoy!