Celeriac, pear and blue cheese soup

Start off your gourmet dinner party with this elegant soup of creamy celeriac, sweet pear and vibrant blue cheese.

Recipe «Celeriac, pear and blue cheese soup» presented in category Recipes / Soups, to prepare this dish you will need no more 35 minutes. To make this dish at home by prescription from the author sheff would need: 40g butter, 1 brown onion, halved, finely chopped, 1 garlic clove, crushed, 2 tsp finely chopped fresh thyme, 1 large celeriac, peeled, finely chopped , 2 ripe beurre bosc pears, peeled, cored, finely chopped, 2L vegetable stock, 125g blue cheese , crumbled , Salt & freshly ground black pepper, Fresh thyme leaves, to serve.

Ingredients:

• 40g butter 
• 1 brown onion, halved, finely chopped 
• 1 garlic clove, crushed 
• 2 tsp finely chopped fresh thyme 
• 1 large celeriac, peeled, finely chopped 
• 2 ripe beurre bosc pears, peeled, cored, finely chopped 
• 2L vegetable stock 
• 125g blue cheese , crumbled 
• Salt & freshly ground black pepper 
• Fresh thyme leaves, to serve 

Instructions

1. Melt butter in a large saucepan over medium heat until foaming. Add onion, garlic and thyme and cook, stirring, for 5 minutes or until onion softens. Add the celeriac and pear and cook for 5 minutes or until light golden. Add stock and bring to the boil. Reduce heat to low. Simmer, covered, for 20 minutes or until celeriac is tender. Set aside for 5 minutes to cool.
2. Add cheese and stir to combine. Place half the celeriac mixture in the jug of a blender and blend until smooth. Transfer to a clean saucepan. Repeat with the remaining celeriac mixture. Place over low heat and cook, stirring, for 3 minutes or until heated through. Season with salt and pepper. Ladle soup among serving mugs or bowls. Sprinkle with thyme leaves and season with pepper to serve.