Celery was long considered a boring soup vegetable. You can prepare the tuber in so many different ways. For example as a delicious puree. Haven't tried it yet? Then let yourself be inspired by our 3 recipe ideas.
When it comes to celery, most people only think of soup vegetables. But the white tubers and celery can also be used in many other recipes and are also being used more and more often by top chefs. They like to serve a portion of celery puree with game or beef.
Celery not only goes well with potatoes, there are also other great recipes that you can use to surprise family and friends. Here are just a few ideas.
1. For purists: Seller puree without accompaniment
If you love the pure taste of celery puree, you should stick to the version without any other vegetables. For a celery puree for 4 people you will need:
Ingredients
- 1 bulb of celery
- 200 ml cream
- a little butter
- S alt, Nutmeg, Pepper
Preparation
❶ First of all, you need to remove the tough peel from the celery. The celery is then cut into small cubes.
❷ Now melt some butter in a saucepan to sauté the celery cubes in it.
❸ After a few minutes, add the cream and turn the heat down. Now the vegetables have to simmer for a while.
❹ When the celery is reasonably soft, add some s alt, pepper and freshly grated nutmeg. Then the amount has to be pureed. A
» My tip: For a figure-friendly variant, simply replace the 150 ml cream with vegetable broth. Then don't add so much s alt.
2. The classic: celery mashed potatoesThe dream couple celery and potatoes also harmonize with puree. For 4 people as a side dish you need for a celery mashed potatoes:
Ingredients
- 1 bulb of celery
- 500 - 600 g potatoes, floury cooking
- 70 g butter
- 200 ml milk
- S alt, Pepper, Nutmeg
Preparation
❶ To start, cut the potatoes and theCut the celery into equally sized pieces so they cook at the same time later.
❷ Boil the cubes in s alted water and then drain off the water.
❸ Put the butter, spices and hot milk in the pot. Now mash the mixture with a hand blender, a blender or a potato masher - depending on how fine you want the mass to be.
❹ Taste the puree again after reducing. If it's too thick, you can add a sip of milk. If you want it to be creamier, use a little more butter instead.
3. For those who like to experiment: apple and celery puree
Celery puree also cuts a fine figure with apples. For 4 people you need:
Ingredients
- 1 celeriac, peeled and diced
- 1 large tart apple, peeled and diced
- 70 ml milk
- 50 g butter
- S alt, Pepper, Nutmeg
Preparation
Put the celery and apple cubes in a saucepan and pour water over it so that the cubes are just covered. S alt the water and let the mixture cook until the celery and apple are tender enough.
Pour off the water and add the butter, water and the various spices. Then puree properly.
» My final tip: The most important thing with all purees is not to let them stand for too long. Serve the puree as soon as possible, otherwise the taste and texture will suffer. It just tastes best freshly pureed.