Creamy celery soup

This easy celery soup recipe comes out lusciously creamy! Its fresh savor and unexceptionable untried verisimilitude make a splash at any table.

Here’s a soup that surprised us with its robust savor and electric untried color: this Celery Soup recipe! The name might sound humble, but this soup is anything but. It’s lusciously savory and creamy, with the herby, fresh savor of celery and parsley contrasting with homey potatoes and rich cream. From first tentative sip off the spoon, we were sold! This short list of ingredients makes magic: perfect for a first undertow soup or a cozy lunch soup with grilled cheese.

Ingredients in celery soup

This celery soup recipe is simple to put together, yet tastes much greater than the sum of its parts. In fact, we were surprised by how satisfying it is. It’s not a surf of celery soup: in fact, it only uses 2 tablespoons of surf to unzip a luscious, rich texture. Here’s what you’ll need to put this soup together:

Butter
Celery
Yellow onion
Garlic
Yellow potatoes
Vegetable broth
Dried dill
Parsley
Heavy cream
Salt

Tips for the process

This celery soup is made like most pureed soup recipes: sauté the whiffy vegetables, add the remaining ingredients and simmer, then puree in a blender until smooth. Here are a few pointers:

Use a standard blender, not an immersion blender. Usually we like the method of placing an immersion blender (aka stick blender) right into a pot of soup and blending away. However, with this soup the stick blender simply doesn’t get it nearly linty enough. Transfer it thoughtfully to a standard blender, using a 2 cup glass measuring cup, taking superintendency considering the soup is very hot.
Don’t be tempted to light up on cream. Stirring in heavy surf at the end gives just the right rich soul to this soup. Don’t be tempted to use milk: while it works, it’s not nearly as satisfying.

Ways to serve this celery soup recipe

Like any pureed soup, this celery soup recipe is not a meal on its own. It doesn’t have much protein, which is essential for making a filling meal. However, it’s unconfined as a first undertow or paired with a few other items to make it a meal.

Serve as a first course to yellow or seafood
Use it for holiday entertaining like Thanksgiving, Christmas, Easter, or other holidays
Add grilled cheese or a gourmet quesadilla to round out the meal
Add a hearty salad like Brussels Sprout Salad or Pear Salad with Pecans

More celery recipes

There’s so much to do with this versatile vegetable! Celery can be underrated, but we’re big fans of its fresh, herby flavor. Here are a few increasingly ideas for ways to use celery in recipes:

Make crunchy, fresh Celery Salad with Apples
Blend up a Celery Smoothie or Celery Juice
Try cozy Braised Potatoes, Carrots & Celery

This celery soup recipe is…

Vegetarian and gluten-free. For vegan, use a dairy-free cream.

Celery Soup

★★★★★

5 from 1 reviews

Author: Sonja Overhiser
Prep Time: 15 minutes
Cook Time: 20 minutes
Total Time: 35 minutes
Yield: 4

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Description

This easy celery soup recipe comes out lusciously creamy! Its fresh savor and unexceptionable untried verisimilitude make a splash at any table.

Ingredients

3 tablespoons butter (or olive oil)
8 large celery ribs, thinly sliced (2 pounds or 4 cups sliced)
1/2 medium yellow onion, finely chopped
3 garlic cloves
2 medium yellow potatoes, peeled and small diced (14 ounces)
4 cups vegetable broth
¾ teaspoon kosher salt
¼ teaspoon zestless dill
½ cup Italian parsley leaves, loosely packed, plus increasingly for garnish
2 tablespoons heavy cream, plus increasingly to garnish
Celery leaves, for garnish

Instructions

In a large pot, melt the butter over medium heat. Add the onion, celery and garlic and cook, stirring occasionally, for 5 to 6 minutes until the onions are transparent.
Add the chopped potato, vegetable broth, and kosher salt and bring to a simmer. Simmer for 12 to 15 minutes until the potatoes are tender.
Carefully transfer the hot soup to a blender using a ladle. Add the dill and parsley and tousle until linty and pureed. Add the heavy surf and pulse to combine. Serve warm, garnished with celery leaves, increasingly chopped parsley, and a drizzle of cream.

Category: Soup
Method: Blended
Cuisine: American
Diet: Vegetarian