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Christmas Chestnut Soup

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Christmas Chestnut Soup

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Ingredients

  • 2 tbsp vegetable oil
  • 50g onions, chopped, or 2 shallots
  • 1 small carrot, chopped
  • 200g celeriac (about ½ an average-sized root), chopped
  • 450g roasted chestnuts
  • 1.2 litres vegetable stock made from 2 stock cubes
  • 1 stick cinnamon
  • salt and freshly ground black pepper
  • 110g blue Stilton, crumbled
  • celery leaves or flat-leaf parsley, to garnish
Serves: 4 Preparation: 20 Cook Time: 50 Total Time: 70min whats this
 

Directions

  1. Heat the oil in a large saucepan and cook the onion, carrot and celeriac over a medium heat for minutes. Add the chestnuts, stock, cinnamon and potato.
  2. Bring to the boil, then reduce heat, cover and simmer for - minutes until the vegetables are tender. Remove the cinnamon stick.
  3. When the soup is cool enough, pur&#e in a liquidiser (in batches if necessary) and season to taste.
  4. Reheat the soup and serve in warmed soup bowls topped with crumbled cubes of Stilton and herb leaves.

 

Source: Tesco

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