Warming Celery & Potato Soup
This Warming Celery & Potato Soup hugs you from the inside out. It feels like an old friend, bringing comfort & cheer on those cold Winter nights ahead.
Servings Prep Time
4people 20minutes
Cook Time
30minutes
Servings Prep Time
4people 20minutes
Cook Time
30minutes
Ingredients
Instructions
  1. Peel the potatoes, and chop them into 1″ cubes. Wash & chop the celery. Peel & chop the onions. Dice the dill & celery leaves, and set them aside.
  2. Melt the butter over medium heat in a large dutch oven. Saute onion, celery, garlic & potatoes until softened, about 10 minutes.
  3. Add chicken stock, salt & pepper. Cover & cook vegetables until tender, about 30 minutes.
  4. In small batches, add vegetable & stock mixture to a blender. Blend until smooth. Continue blending in batches until a silky consistency is reached. (see below for note on blending hot soup)
  5. Add whipping cream & dill, and stir to combine thoroughly.
  6. Serve immediately, topped with chopped celery leaves.
Recipe Notes

So don’t want to be stuck having to transfer ladles of hot soup into & out of a blender? Then grab your handy immersion blender!  In this case, we were winging our dinner, so the blender was handy and worked like a champ.  However, when I make this at home, the immersion blender makes combining the cooked veggies into a silky soup a breeze.

Don’t have one?  Well get your last-minute holiday gift requests in now!  I am a big fan of two different immersion blenders I have had over the years.  The first is the Braun Hand Blender with some handy attachments.  This was my first immersion blender, and I have used it for everything from soups to whipped cream to chopped nuts.

The other version I have and love for more sturdy blending needs is the Cuisinart Smart Stick.  It doesn’t have the attachments of the Braun blender, but it can withstand heartier vegetables like parsnips, sweet potatoes and turnips.  It’s a grab, blend and done tool that is a staple in my kitchen.

Which tools do you use when blending hot soups or dishes like this Warming Celery & Potato Soup?