Celeriac Soup

My first 'meat free' Monday meal is actually being posted on Monday! AND, if you are really lucky you may even see another one later..........

I tend to be a bit lazy when it comes to soup and I usually buy them. Like so many things I seem to do, I'm not actually sure why? They are usually easy to make and a great way of using up a particular vegetable you seem to have way too much of at the end of the week.

Celeriac is currently in season so I thought I would give it a go. This soup is creamy, but not too creamy (I'm sure I could find a more creative way to describe that) and adding the Lemon at te end gives it a much sharper and fresh flavour.

Ingredients
1 Celeriac, peeled and roughly chopped
1 Onion, chopped
100g Potatoes, peeled and diced
50g Unsalted Butter
2 Garlic Cloves, sliced
750ml Vegetable Stock (as usual, a stock cube is fine)
100ml Cream
Fresh Thyme, about 6 sprigs, leaves picked 
2 tbsp Lemon Juice
Salt and Pepper

Method
Heat the Butter in a large pan and add the celeriac, garlic, potatoes and onion, gently cooking for about 10 minutes until the vegetables are starting to soften. 

Add the stock, thyme and seasoning and bring to the boil. Simmer for 20-25 minutes until the celeriac is tender.

Puree in a blender or use a stick blender (if you don't have one of these you really should).

Stir in the lemon and cream before serving.   

Enjoy x