Stilton Celery Soup Recipes

Steps:

• Melt the butter in a large pot over medium low heat. Add the onions and saute for 10 minutes, or until onion is translucent.
• Add the celery and the water. Cover and bring to a boil, then reduce heat to low and simmer for 30 minutes, or until celery is soft.
• Add 2 1/2 ounces of the Stilton cheese to the soup and mix well. Puree the soup in small batches in a blender or food processor and transfer it to a clean pot. Season with freshly ground pepper and salt to taste. Stilton can be very salty, so beware!
• Pour into individual bowls, sprinkle with the remaining cheese and garnish with the watercress.

Steps:

• Heat the oil in a large saucepan over a medium heat, tip in the celery, garlic and potatoes and coat in the oil. Add a splash of water and a big pinch of salt and cook, stirring regularly for 15 mins, adding a little more water if the veg begins to stick.
• Pour in the vegetable stock and bring to the boil, then turn the heat down and simmer for 20 mins further, until the potatoes are falling apart and the celery is soft. Use a stick blender to purée the soup, then pour in the milk and blitz again. Season to taste. Serve with crusty bread.

Steps:

• Melt the butter in a saucepan, add the celery and cook gently for about 5 minutes, until softened.
• Stir in the flour and cook gently for 1 minute, stirring all the time. Remove from the heat and gradually stir in the milk and stock. Bring to the boil, cover and simmer for about 15 minutes, until the celery is tender.
• Gradually add the stilton and stir in until melted. Season to taste.
• Serves 4 as a main course, 6 - 8 as a starter

Steps:

• Melt the butter in a large, heavy-based saucepan.
• Chop celery and add this, the celery leaves and the onions to the pan.
• Cover and cook for 10 minutes until the vegetables are soft but not coloured Pour in stock and season lightly.
• Bring to boil then simmer, uncovered for about 30 minutes until the vegetables are tender Allow soup to cool slightly, then blend to puree.
• Press through a sieve to removed any fibres and return to a clean pot.
• Reheat gently, but do not boil.
• Meanwhile remove and discard the cheese rind and mash the cheese to a soft paste.
• Beat together the egg yolks and cream and to obtain a smooth consistency, blend into the cheese a little at a time Stir 2 tbsp of hot soup into the cheese and cream mixture.
• Add the mixture to the pan and cook gently, stirring constantly until soup is thickened.
• Do not allow to boil.
• Adjust seasonings.

Steps:

• Heat 2 tbsp rapeseed oil in a large saucepan and then add 1 finely chopped onion. Cook on a medium heat until soft. Add a splash of water if the onion starts to catch.
• Add 1 sliced celery stick, 1 sliced leek, 1 diced medium potato and a knob of butter. Stir until melted, then cover with a lid. Allow to sweat for 5 minutes then remove the lid.
• Pour in 1l of chicken or vegetable stock and add any chunky bits of stalk from 1 head of broccoli. Cook for 10-15 minutes until all the vegetables are soft.
• Add the rest of the roughly chopped broccoli and cook for a further 5 minutes.
• Carefully transfer to a blender and blitz until smooth.
• Stir in 140g crumbled stilton, allowing a few lumps to remain. Season with black pepper and serve.

Steps:

• Separate 3/4 cup of the cauliflower florets and place them in a pan of boiling water. Boil for 2 to 3 minutes, then rinse under cold water, and set aside for garnish.
• Heat oil in a large saucepan over medium heat. Add onion, garlic, leek and celery. Cook, stirring, until tender, about 5 minutes. Add potato, chicken broth, uncooked cauliflower and sherry. Bring to a boil, then simmer over low heat, stirring occasionally until potatoes and cauliflower are tender. Remove from heat.
• Puree the cauliflower mixture in batches using a food processor or blender, and transfer to a soup pot over medium-low heat. I like it smooth but still with little tiny bits in it. Season with white pepper, black pepper and salt. Stir in the milk and cream, then crumble in the Stilton cheese. Heat through, but do not boil.
• Ladle into bowls, and garnish with cauliflower pieces and chopped fresh parsley.

Steps:

• seperate stalks of celery from base and trim, reserve leaves for garnish- trimmed stalks should weigh 450g, trim outer stringy bits. scrub rest in cold water and drain, slcie across in thinnish slices.
• in medium saucepan melt butter, stir in celery, potato and onion, stir everyting around to coat with butter put on lid turn heat low and sweat for 10 minutes.
• uncover add stock and bring to simmering point cover again and cook for 30 minutes test veg for tendereness if not recover and cook until they are.
• whilst this is going on prepare croutons heat olive oil in large frying pan and add cubes of bread keep them moving turning around and upside down until they have turned a deep golden brown colour and have become very crunchy and crispy, drain on kitchen paper.
• remove saucepan from heat stir in cream then liquidise soup with crumbed stilton until quite smooth, retunr soup to rinsed out pan and reheat very gently taking care not to boil.
• taste and season serve with croutons and celery leaves.

Steps:

• Melt butter in a large saucepan and saute the shallots, celery and garlic for 2 to 3 minutes, stirring constantly, until softened.
• Add the flour and cook, stirring constantly, for 30 seconds.
• Gradually stir in the stock and milk, and bring to a boil.
• Reduce heat to a gentle simmer and add the crumbled blue Stilton cheese and walnut halves.
• Cover and simmer for 20 minutes.
• Stir in the yogurt and heat for 2 minutes without boiling.
• Season the soup to taste with salt and pepper.
• Transfer to a warm soup tureen or individual serving bowls, garnish with chopped celery leaves and extra crumbled blue Stilton cheese, and serve immediately.