BACON AND CELERY CREAM SOUP

Resep geplaas deur Sharon Viljoen
Foto:  Sharon Viljoen‎
Hierdie vir ons vandag gemaak. Ek het die resep uit ‘n baie ou tydskrif gekry 1993 Woman’s Value ‘Food Fair’.

• 250 g rindless back bacon
• 15 ml butter or margarine
• 500 ml chopped table celery with leaves
• 100 ml chopped onion or spring onion
• 5 ml chicken stock powder
• 750 ml boiling water
• 30 ml cornflour
• 500 ml milk
• 30 ml chopped parsley
• salt and freshly ground black pepper
• grated nutmeg
• Cut up the bacon finely and fry in butter or margarine until just cooked.
• Add the celery and cook gently for 8 – 10 minutes.
• Add the onion and cook 2 minutes more.
• Add the stock powder and water and simmer gently for 15 minutes or until the celery is tender to taste.
• Mix the cornflour with a little of the milk until smooth and sir into the soup with the rest of the milk.
• Bring to boil and simmer a few minutes.
• Stir in the parsley and season to taste with salt, pepper and nutmeg.
• Serve piping hot with buttered toast or wholewheat bread.