Curried celeriac soup with pears

Total: 40 min. | Active: 40 min.
vegetarian

These three soup bowls in the picture... I polished them all off myself. This soup is an explosion of flavour in every gustatory sense. Spicy and fruity with a slight kick of ginger and yet creamy and smooth. Combined with naan bread, it's a knockout dish. I can't recommend it highly enough.

Recipe by:
Nadja - LouMalou

Ingredients

for 4 person

Soup
1 tbsp rapeseed oil
onion, coarsely chopped
5 cm ginger, finely chopped
celeriac, peeled, chopped
mealy potatoes, peeled, chopped
pears, peeled, chopped
2 tbsp Madras curry powder
8 dl vegetable bouillon
2 dl full cream
a little  chilli powder
  salt to taste
Topping
2 tbsp flat-leaf parsley, finely chopped
1 tbsp black sesame seeds
a little  chilli flakes

How it's done

Soup

Heat the oil in a wide pan. Sauté the onion and ginger for approx. 3 mins. Add the celeriac, potatoes, pears and curry powder, cook briefly. Pour in the stock, bring to the boil. Reduce the heat, simmer for approx. 20 mins. Pour in the cream, simmer for a further 5 mins., then puree and season.

Topping

Serve the soup in deep dishes or bowls, garnish with parsley, sesame seeds and chilli flakes.

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