Celery Cream

Ingredients

• 2 heads of young celery
• 2 ozs. butter
• ^ small onion, peeled and sliced
• I oz. flour
• 1 quart white stock
• 2 yolks of eggs
• i pint cream or milk
• Salt and pepper to taste.
• Salt and pepper to taste.

Method

1. 1

   Wash and trim the celery, blanch in salted water, drain, cool, and cut into small pieces.

2. 2

   Melt butter, add onion and celery, stir, sprinkle in flour, moisten with stock, and cook until tender.

3. 3

   Rub through a sieve, return to pan, stir in milk or cream, season, and heat thoroughly.

4. 4

   Serve with fried bread croutons.

As published

This recipe was extracted from The exhibition cookery book (1900) by Expert chef, page 3. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

CELERY CREAM. 2 heads of young celery • 2 ozs. butter ^ small onion, peeled and sliced I oz. flour 1 quart white stock 2 yolks of eggs A pinch of castor sugar i pint cream or milk Salt and pepper to taste.

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