Celeriac and almond soup

Name: Celeriac and almond soup | Asda Good Living
Total time: 40 min
Yield: 6
Cuisine: British
Ingredients: 15g butter; 1 small onion, chopped; 1 stick celery, sliced; 1 clove garlic, crushed; 1 tbsp chopped thyme leaves; 1 celeriac, peeled and roughly chopped; 750ml hot vegetable stock, made with 1 stock cube; 1 bay leaf; 75g Asda Reduced Fat crème fraîche; 2 tbsp pesto; 25g flaked almonds, toasted

This soup makes an ideal starter for a Sunday lunch or Easter feast. The almonds enhance the nutty favours in the celeriac

By Asda Good Living,21st September 2015

(4 votes)

Cook: 40 Mins

Serves: 6

Price: 34p per serving

Nutritional Information

Each 202g serving contains

Energy
556kj
133kcal

Fat
9.5g

Med
14%

Saturates
2.8g

Low
14%

Sugars
3.4g

Low
4%

Salt
0.81g

Med
14%

of your 5-a-day

of your reference intake.
Typical energy values per 100g:
275kj/66kcal

Ingredients

15g butter

1 small onion, chopped

1 stick celery, sliced

1 clove garlic, crushed

1 tbsp chopped thyme leaves

1 celeriac, peeled and roughly chopped

750ml hot vegetable stock, made with 1 stock cube

1 bay leaf

75g Asda Reduced Fat crème fraîche

2 tbsp pesto

25g flaked almonds, toasted

Method

Heat the butter in a pan and cook the onion and celery for 4-5 minutes, until soft. Add the garlic and thyme, and cook for 1 minute. Add the celeriac, stock and bay leaf. Bring to a simmer and cook for 20 minutes.

Remove the bay leaf. Blitz the soup with a hand-held blender, stir in the crème fraîche and season to taste.

Divide between bowls. Top with a swirl of pesto and a sprinkling of toasted almonds, to serve.