Cream of Celery Soup

With fresh red celery from Paradise Produce Farms and spring onions from Bells Bend Farm and local cream from JD Milk at the Nashville Farmers Market, we were all set to make this old-fashioned simple soup. 

Photography By | March 31, 2020

Ingredients

  • 2 tablespoons butter
  • 3 spring onions, diced
  • 2 tablespoons flour
  • 2-3 cups chicken stock
  • 4-6 stalks celery, chopped
  • 1 cup cream
  • salt and pepper

Preparation

 

1. Melt butter in a large saucepan. Add onion, saute 5 minutes. Add flour, whisk well. Cook 5 minutes on low. Add chicken stock, salt. pepper and celery. Stir well. Simmer 15 minutes. Add cream and cook until heated through. Makes 5 cups. 

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Ingredients

  • 2 tablespoons butter
  • 3 spring onions, diced
  • 2 tablespoons flour
  • 2-3 cups chicken stock
  • 4-6 stalks celery, chopped
  • 1 cup cream
  • salt and pepper