Celeriac Soup with Toasted Hazelnuts & Truffle Oil

Serves: 4

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Know your nutrients

Calories

365 -

Fat

30.3g -

Saturates

5.9g -

Sugars

6.3g -

Salt

2.51g -

Protein

8.2g -

Carbs

16.7g -

Fibre

10.2g -

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Looking for the perfect starter to your Christmas dinner? Congratulations – you've found it! This hearty soup uses seasonal celeriac for a wonderfully unique and satisfying starter or light meal.

Celeriac Soup with Toasted Hazelnuts & Truffle Oil Recipe: Veggie

Ingredients
Method

Ingredients:

2 tbsp olive oil
knob of butter
3 echalion shallots, finely diced
2 celery sticks, chopped
1 garlic clove, finely chopped
1 celeriac, peeled and diced
1 medium potato, peeled and diced
1 bay leaf
1 tbsp lemon thyme leaves
1 litre vegetable stock
100g blanched hazelnuts, toasted
2 tbsp crème fraîche
½ lemon
truffle oil, for drizzling

method:

Heat the oil and butter in a medium saucepan. Cook the shallots and celery for 3-4 minutes until beginning to soften. Add the garlic and cook for one minute more.
Add the celeriac, potato, bay leaf and thyme and cook for one minute. Pour over the stock, cover and simmer for 20 minutes until the vegetables are very tender.
Remove the pan from the heat and take out the bay leaf. Add about three quarters of the hazelnuts, then chop the remaining nuts and set aside. Blend the soup with a stick blender until smooth, stir in the crème fraîche and blend again.
Add a squeeze of lemon then ladle into bowls. Serve scattered with the reserved hazelnuts and drizzled with the truffle oil. (To toast hazelnuts, preheat the oven to 180C/350F/Gas 4. Spread the nuts over a baking tray and place in the oven for about five minutes until golden.)

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