Baby it’s cold outside!

December 17th, 2007

Cold weather food happening here:

Cream of celery soup

1/2 cup chopped onion
2 cups chopped celery
1/2 teaspoon salt
a few grains of cayenne (peperoncino in polvere)
2 tablespoons butter

Sauté briefly to soften a bit, then add a cup or so of water and let simmer for 30 minutes or so.

2 tablespoons flour
1 1/2 cup milk

Pot these together in a jar and shake like mad until well blended.

Raise the flame under the simmering vegetables and pour this into it slowly, while stirring. Bring to a simmer and simmer for a couple of minutes. Taste and correct for salt. Grind fresh pepper over it when serving it HOT!

Mashed celery root

1/2 of a medium celery root (sedano rape) cut into cubes
1/4 teaspoon salt
water

Put into a pot, cover and simmer until soft– it’s pretty fast compared to potatoes. Drain, mash with a potato masher, add butter and salt and pepper to taste. Eat it up with a big grin. Serves 2 normal people or just me.

Later on there will be fresh homemade tagliatelle with ragù frozen the other day and a baked half of a poussin, or weensy chicken.

Entry Filed under: pasta, primo, vegetarian, economical, chicken, recipes, contorno, vegetables, easy

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