Curried Celery Soup with Apple

A great dish to make if you have a lot of celery on hand is a curried celery soup. This recipe is wonderfully balanced and quite tasty. You might think that celery doesn’t have much taste, but in combination with curry, cumin, apple and of course onion, carrot and potato, this soup is quite flavorful.

The curry hints in the background and is not overpowering and the apple lends some sweetness. We also utilized celery leaves which lends some nice crisp color. Once this soup is blended it will take on a beautiful green shade.

2 servings:

Ingredients:

• vegetable oil
• ½ onion, diced
• 1 carrot, peeled and diced
• 3 celery stalks, diced
• 1 potato, diced
• 1/2 cup celery leaves, chopped
• 1 large garlic clove, minced
• ½ apple, diced
• 2 cups of broth (I used water and 1 bullion cube)
• 2 teaspoons curry powder
• 1 teaspoon ground cumin
• 1 teaspoon thyme
• salt and pepper

Method:
Sauté the onion, carrot and celery in some vegetable oil for about 10. Add the potatoes, sauté for another 5 minutes. Add the garlic, the apple and the spices, continue to sauté for a few more minutes.

At this point add the broth, scrape the bottom of the pan and bring to a simmer. Cook for another 10 minutes and then add the celery leaves and cook for another 5 minutes. Now blend the soup (or parts of it if you like chunks.) Salt and pepper to taste and serve.