Warming Celery & Carrot Soup - cooking recipe

Ingredients

350 g celery ribs, trimmed, washed and cut to 12mm diced lengths
150 g carrots, washed and grated
12 g unsalted butter
450 ml chicken stock (cubes will do)
2 tablespoons levi roots love applesauce
300 ml whole milk
salt & pepper (to season)
25 ml double cream (Swirl to decorate)
1 pinch dried parsley

Preparation

Place butter, diced celery and grated carrot in 2 litre microwaveable bowl and heat on high for 5 minutes.
Add stock, stir and return to microwave for further 12 minutes on high.
Remove from microwave and liquidise in batches until smooth, adding to large saucepan. For really smooth soup, pass through a sieve to remove the fine celery strands which occasionally remain (only if you are an absolute fanatic and a glutton for work).
Add milk, seasoning and Love Apple Sauce (adjusting to taste).
Heat to fast simmer then plate up, decorate with a small swirl of cream and a pinch of dried parsley.