Crema de Cepa de Apio Recipe (Creole Celery Root Cream)
Cepa de apio is a great vegetable, and Crema de Cepa de Apio (Creole Celery Root Cream) is a very delicious and easy way to prepare it.
Servings 6 servings
Calories 199kcal
Ingredients
- 2 tablespoon olive oil
- 1 large red onion , chopped
- 1 teaspoon cumin powder
- 1 bay leaf
- 3 celery stalk chopped
- 2 carrot peeled and sliced
- 1 cepa de apio (about 2 lb [0.85 kg]), peeled and chopped
- 4 potatoes peeled and cubed
- 1½ quart vegetable broth [1.5 lt] or homemade vegetable broth recipe
- 1½ teaspoon salt (or more, to taste)
- ½ teaspoon pepper (freshly-cracked, or ground) (or more, to taste)
For garnishing
- 4 tablespoon sour cream (optional)
- 4 tablespoon olive oil (optional)
- parsley (optional)
- ½ teaspoon pepper (freshly-cracked, or ground) (optional)
Instructions
- Sauteing vegetables: Heat the oil in a pan over medium-low heat. Add the chopped onion. Cook and stir until it turns translucent. Add cumin powder, bay leaf, celery. Cook and stir for a minute.
- Cooking roots: Add carrots, celeriac, and potatoes, lower heat to a minimum, and add two tablespoons of broth.Cover and simmer for 5 minutes, stirring occasionally to prevent sticking or burning.
- Boiling: Add the remaining vegetable stock, cover, and simmer until the vegetables are cooked through.Remove from the heat and cool to room temperature.
- Blending: Once cool, blend the soup, season with salt and pepper to taste.
- Reheating: Return to the pot and reheat.
- Serving: Serve and garnish with the garnish combination of your preference.
Notes
If you can't find cepa de apio, celeriac will work too.
If you want to make the soup a bit more creamy and thick, just let more liquid evaporate.
Nutritional information was calculated using celeriac, as cepa de apio is not included in the food database used to calculate it.
For a vegan version, just do not use sour cream for garnishing, all the other ingredients are vegan-friendly.
Nutrition
Calories: 199kcal | Carbohydrates: 35g | Protein: 6g | Fat: 5g | Saturated Fat: 1g | Sodium: 1667mg | Potassium: 1009mg | Fiber: 6g | Sugar: 6g | Vitamin A: 3910IU | Vitamin C: 27.4mg | Calcium: 103mg | Iron: 5.7mg