Celery root and smoked chicken soup

CELERIAC AND SMOKED CHICKEN SOUP

8 Portions

2 oz. Butter

2 Onions, Medium, sliced

1 head Celeriac, peeled and diced

1 Smoked Chicken Carcass with Legs

1 Bay Leaf

2 pt. Chicken Stock

30 floz. Water

Salt and Pepper

2 oz. Cooked Lentil du Puy

1 tbsp. Chopped Parsley

2 breast Smoked Chicken cut into julienne

5 floz. Cream to finish soup

METHOD:

1. Melt butter and sweat onions for 10 minutes, then add the

celeriac, Bay leaf, carcasses, legs and both stock and water.

2. Bring to the boil, skim surface then simmer for 30 minutes

3. Remove carcasses and legs, pick of any flesh and add back

to pot.

4. Liquidise and pass through a fine sieve, season with salt

and pepper, add parsley.

5. Add the lentils and smoked chicken to the soup and finish