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Celeriac Stilton & Pear Soup

January 19, 2016 by Laura Scott 27 Comments

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A while ago, at the November supper club I hosted, I made a celeriac, Stilton and pear soup. Then Christmas descended and I forgot all about it until I came across some photos I had taken of this wonderful winter warming soup.

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If you haven’t yet tried celeriac, soup is definitely a great place to start. Celeriac is the most obscure looking vegetable. Gnarly and dotted with brown pimple marks, it looks as if it is well past it’s best, but trim away the surface and the firm, creamy flesh is revealed.

I enjoy celeriac as much raw as I do in soups but what you will find when making a celeriac soup is the flavour and texture melts into a creaminess that is incredibly smooth, especially when you blend it (as I did) in a Froothie. The Froothie gets so much use during winter and can blast a generous quantity of soup into the silkiest puree with no effort at all.

pear soup

The addition of pear and Stilton to this soup was inspired by enjoying these flavours together in a salad. The pear adds a sweet note, the Stilton a saltiness. Both emphasise the natural soft, nutty notes of the celeriac. A little splash of cream finishes this soup off perfectly. Luckily the supper club guests agreed!

Here are a few more tempting celeriac recipes from around the web:

Slow roatsed celeriac with beurre noisette – Franglais Kitchen

Celeriac remoulade – Cook Sister

Celeriac & carrot rosti cakes – Food to Glow

Winter Slaw – Recipes from a pantry

Skinny celeriac & apple soup – Elizabeth’s Kitchen Diary

Roasted celeriac soup – Fab Food 4 All

I am linking up to No Croutons Required (Lisa’s kitchen & Tinned Tomatoes), Extra Veg (Fuss Free Flavours & Utterly Scrummy), SuperSoups (Jo’s Kitchen) and Cook Once Eat Twice (Searching for Spice).

Disclosure: I received my Froothie Optimum 9400 blender for review purposes and I am a big fan, which is why I choose to write about it. Affiliate links are included and any income I receive is used to support the upkeep of my site.

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Celeriac Stilton & Pear Soup

A perfect soup for the festive season

Course Lunch, Soup, Vegetarian
Cuisine British
Keyword pear soup
Prep Time 10 minutes
Cook Time 30 minutes
Total Time 40 minutes
Servings 4 -6
Author Laura Scott

Ingredients

  • 2 tbsp light olive oil
  • 1 onion roughly chopped
  • 1 leek roughly chopped
  • 1 head of celeriac peeled and roughly chopped
  • salt & pepper
  • 2 pears peeled, cored and roughly chopped
  • 600 ml hot vegetable stock
  • 150 g Stilton cheese crumbled
  • 50 ml cream added after the soup is blended
  • creme fraiche & chopped flat leaf parsley for garnish

Instructions

  1. In a large saucepan, heat the oil over a medium heat then add in the chopped onion, leek, celeriac and seasoning. Cook over a medium/low heat for 5 minutes but do not let the vegetables brown. If they begin to colour, turn down the heat
  2. Add the vegetable stock, bring to the boil then turn down to a simmer and cook for 30 minutes
  3. Place the soup in a blender (I used a Froothie) and blend until smooth
  4. Stir through the crumbled Stilton and the cream. Check the seasoning.
  5. Serve in soup bowls garnished with creme friache and chopped parsley.

Recipe Notes

This soup will keep in the fridge for 4 days. It can also be frozen.

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Filed Under: Froothie recipes, Lunch, Simple and in Season, Snacks and starters, Soups, Speedy Suppers, Vegetable dishes, Vegetarian dishes Tagged With: Celeriac, Creme fruit, Dinner, flat parsley, leeks, Lunh, Onions, Pear, Soup, Stilton, vegetable stock, vegetarian

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Comments

  1. Jemma @ Celery and Cupcakes says

    January 20, 2016 at 7:13 am

    I always struggle with celeriac and never sure what to cook with it. This soup look so creamy, yum!

    Reply
    • Laura Scott says

      January 20, 2016 at 2:04 pm

      Hi Jemma, I defintely think soup is the way forward!

      Reply
  2. Jo of Jo's Kitchen says

    January 20, 2016 at 12:02 pm

    What a gorgeous looking soup. Please link it up to #SuperSoup on my blog

    Reply
    • Laura Scott says

      January 20, 2016 at 2:04 pm

      Will do Jo, thanks for the reminder!

      Reply
  3. Ren Behan says

    January 20, 2016 at 10:00 pm

    I love those bonus blog posts that come from a forgotten set of pics! Celeriac is really underrated so it’s lovely to see this recipe – looks luscious.

    Reply
    • Laura Scott says

      January 21, 2016 at 7:47 pm

      Yes, I love that discovery too, always a bonus to already have the pics to go with a post!

      Reply
  4. ManjiriK says

    January 21, 2016 at 11:04 am

    Love the humble but versatile celeriac and I use it in a myriad number of recipes but yet to have it in a soup, your soup looks so moreish and creamy !

    Reply
    • Laura Scott says

      January 21, 2016 at 7:46 pm

      Agree Manjiri, such a good vegetable but underused by all!

      Reply
  5. Corina says

    January 24, 2016 at 9:42 am

    This does look beautiful! I can see why the supper club guests enjoyed it. I’m a real fan of celeriac but I don’t think I’ve used it as the main ingredient in a soup before. I love it in coldslaw at the moment. Thank you so much for linking up with #CookOnceEatTwice.

    Reply
    • Laura Scott says

      January 24, 2016 at 4:49 pm

      It does work so well in colseslaw too Corina, good idea!

      Reply
  6. Kirsty Hijacked By Twins says

    January 26, 2016 at 3:41 pm

    I love celeriac in soup and I can just imagine how delicious it would be with the Stilton and pear. Popping over from #CookOnceEatTwice x

    Reply
    • Laura Scott says

      January 26, 2016 at 7:40 pm

      Hi Kirsty, thanks for your comment and so glad you like the soup!

      Reply
  7. Hatti | isthisfood says

    January 29, 2016 at 9:04 pm

    This soup looks delicious. I put roasted apple and chestnuts in my celeriac soup – similar but different to yours!

    Reply
    • Laura Scott says

      January 30, 2016 at 2:22 pm

      Oh what a good idea Hatti, will try that next time!

      Reply
  8. Janie says

    February 1, 2016 at 11:32 am

    Corrr, there’s some great flavours going on in that soup! I love celeriac but mostly eat it raw, in fact I don’t think I’ve ever used it in a soup. Must rectify this immediately!
    Janie x

    Reply
    • Laura Scott says

      February 1, 2016 at 11:57 am

      Hi Janey, I love it raw but also in soups it works really well.

      Reply
  9. anna @ annamayeveryday says

    February 4, 2016 at 2:24 pm

    I love celeriac and your soup looks great. I’m going to have a bash at growing some celeriac this year too!

    Reply
    • Laura Scott says

      February 7, 2016 at 5:54 pm

      I hope you have success with the celeriac Anna 🙂

      Reply
  10. Jan says

    February 5, 2016 at 10:51 am

    Laura this soup looks amazing – LOVE the combo of ingredients.

    Reply
    • Laura Scott says

      February 7, 2016 at 5:47 pm

      It’s a good one Jan!

      Reply
  11. Kavey says

    February 6, 2016 at 2:44 pm

    I need to be more adventurous with soup, I so rarely make it and when I do it’s often old favourites. This one looks like a real keeper and I do keep saying I want to cook celeriac more often. I love your bowls by the way!

    Reply
    • Laura Scott says

      February 7, 2016 at 5:47 pm

      Thanks Kavey, I try and make a soup each week so I can have it for lunch so I do try out quite a few!

      Reply
  12. Camilla says

    March 2, 2016 at 10:19 pm

    Even though I don’t like blue cheese I’ve discovered I do like it melted so I think I would love this soup:-) Thanks for including my soup-)

    Reply
    • Laura Scott says

      March 3, 2016 at 9:08 am

      Yes Camilla, blue cheese is lovely in soup!

      Reply
  13. John Blackman says

    October 15, 2020 at 11:10 am

    Can’t get Stilton here but would roquefort do as a substitute? Recipe looks great.

    Reply
    • Laura Scott says

      October 15, 2020 at 5:28 pm

      Hi there – yes Roquefort would be a good substitute.

      Reply

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