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  • 2 large onions (weight 280g)
  • 2 garlic cloves
  • 80g butter
  • 1kg celery
  • 2 medium potatoes (weight 320g)
  • 2 medium cooking apples
  • 1400 mls chicken stock
  • Salt and pepper
  • 4 teaspoons lemon juice
  • grated nutmeg

For garnish

  • 4 rashers streaky bacon sliced and fried till crisp
  • Leaves from the inner celery stalks chopped finely
  • 8 teaspoons of double cream
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    Method

    • step 1

      Gently fry onions and garlic in butter until soft.
    • step 2

      Separate stalks of celery so that you can save the inner leaves. Chop stalks finely and set aside inner leaves.
    • step 3

      Peel and chop potatoes and apples.
    • step 4

      Add celery, potatoes and apples to onions season generously with salt and pepper and fry gently with the lid on for about 15 minutes or until ingredients are very nearly cooked.
    • step 5

      Add the hot stock, bring to the boil and simmer covered for about 10-15 minutes more.
    • step 6

      Liquidize. Add lemon juice and nutmeg and adjust seasoning if necessary.
    • step 7

      To garnish each bowl first swirl in tsp of cream and sprinkle celery leaves and bacon on top.
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    Overall rating

    A star rating of 4.3 out of 5.13 ratings

    Millsy3107

    A star rating of 5 out of 5.

    I just made this as I had celery to use up, and I'm glad I did, it's delicious! Very filling. Didn't use the cream or bacon but don't think it missed it. A lovely thick soup for cold days

    crisrob

    A star rating of 4 out of 5.

    Very tasty and a good combination of ingredients, i.e. apple, lemon potato etc although I didn't add the nutmeg. Also I found I had to sieve it the second time I made it as strings of celery were still there despite using an electric blender which was annoying to have to keep removing after every…

    annberlin

    A star rating of 5 out of 5.

    made this yesterday left out the cream and lemon and added extra potato, absolutely delicious

    moreysabroad

    A star rating of 5 out of 5.

    Delicious!

    I used a little more potato for a thicker texture, didn't add the lemon juice (the apples added enough acidity) and swirled the cream into the soup before serving. I didn't bother with the bacon bits.

    My 6 year old, who dislikes soup, loved it and my 8 year old, who is scared of…

    gladbag

    I used sliced, cooked ham instead of the bacon and used the stock in which the ham was cooked(with celery, onion,parsley stalks and carrot), instead of the chicken stock.

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