Thursday, 21 May 2026

What to do with an unwanted celery #2








We still had bigger part of the celery and I found a recipe for soup. This is kind of soup that we call " chłodnik" here in Poland. " Chłodnik" means I think " cooler" and it is something like gazpacho that you serve it from the fridge.
The base is chicken stock and you need also celery, leeks ( white parts), potatoes. In the recipe they say to get one cream 22% fat and a few table spoons of heavy cream 36%. This is typical for recipes in Poland that everything is very fat. So I added not 22% cream but 12% instead and it was very creamy and good enough . I added 36% heavy cream too. 
It turned out to be very yummy as cooler, with chopped tomato and fresh chives on top. Then I tried to simmer it to be warm but not cooked of course.
It was even better warm with fried small bread crumbs on top
 

4 comments:

  1. The soup looks quite creamy and healthful! I would love to find some 36% cream to try. What I can find over here is usually 30%...

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    1. In the recipe they say to blend it but I did not and it was creamy enough. We have 30% and 36%, and less fat you can buy 22% or 20% or 12%

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  2. Looks good and healthy :-D

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