Creamy celeriac and parsnip soup with almond and parsley

(Recipe in Swedish below)

Another favourite soup!

I always serve my soups with a yummy “topping salad” for extra texture, flavour and heartiness. A smart thing is to use bits from the soup also on top of if - as in if making a celeriac and parsnip soup like here, but some extra celeriac or parsnip, roast in until lightly crispy and add to the topping salad. My typical topping salad formula would be:

200 gram veggie (same as in the soup) + 1-2 flavours (could be spices, herbs or nut butters) + something crunchy (such as toasted nuts or seeds)

Happy cooking!

Creamy celeriac and parsnip soup with almond and parsley

Serves 4

Ingredients

500 grams celeriac

200 grams parsnip 

1 yellow onion

2 garlic cloves

1,2 liter vegetable stock

2 Tbsp almond butter

1 handfull fresh parsley

2 tsp apple cider vinegar

olive oil

Salt and freshly ground black pepper

Topping salad

1 1/2 dl wild rice, or any other cereal such as quinoa / millet / sorghum / spelt / whole wheat (if you have any leftovers at home this is the perfect way to use it. Also, you can use any type of legumes instead, story bought pre-cooked works great!)

200 grams celeriac

1 handful almond flakes

cress

olive oil for roasting

cold pressed olive oil for drizzling

salt and freshly ground black pepper

How to

Start by making the topping salad if you need to cook some wild rice as it takes about 40 minutes. If using already cooked cereals / leftovers or pre-cooked legumes you can do this part when the soup is simmering.

Pre heat the oven 200°C. Cook the wild rice according to instructions on the packaging. Scrub the celeriac carefully, cut in small pieces. Toss with oil and roast in the oven until soft, about 15 minutes. Add the almond flakes the last minute. Toss together wild rice, celeriac and almond. Chop the parsley and add it too. Salt and pepper to taste.

Peel and finely chop onion and garlic, fry in a bit of oil in a saucepan until soft. Scrub the root veggies carefully, cut away any dirty parts and cut the rest in smaller pieces. Add veggies, almond butter and vegetable stock to the saucepan. Bring to a boil and let simmer until veggies are soft, about 15 minutes. Remove from heat, mix until smooth using an immersion blender. Add parsley and vinegar and pulse a few times. Salt and pepper to taste.

Serve the soup topped with the salad and cress. Drizzle with oil.

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Ännu en favoritsoppa!

Jag serverar alltid mina soppor med en smarrig “toppingsallad”, både för att ge extra smak och textur men även mer matighet. Ett smart knep är att använda samma grönsak/er som du har i soppan även som topping ovanpå den. Här har jag använt extra rotselleri, som jag tärnat och sedan rostat, tillsammans med lite vildris, örter och rostad mandel. Min typiska toppingsallad följer följande formel:

200 gram rotsak + 2 dl kokt baljväxt eller sädesslag + 1-2 smaksättningar + något crunchigt (exempelvis rostade fröer eller nötter)

Smaklig spis!

Rotselleri- och palsternackssoppa med mandel och persilja

4 portioner

Ingredienser

500 gram rotselleri

200 gram palsternacka 

1 gul lök

2 vitlöksklyftor

1,2 liter lantbuljong

2 msk mandelsmör

1 näve färsk persilja

2 tsk äppelcidervinäger

Olja

Salt och nymalen svartpeppar

Toppingsallad

1 1/2 dl vildris, eller annat sädesslag så som quinoa / hirs / durra / dinkel / matvete (använd gärna överblivet sädesslag här, om du har något. Det går också bra att byta ut mot kokta baljväxter, så som linser eller kikärtor som kan köpas förkokta på tetra)

200 gram rotselleri, eller palsternacka

1 näve färsk persilja

1 liten näve mandelflan

krasse

olivolja till rostning

kallpressad olivolja att ringla över - gärna en smaksatt

Gör såhär

Börja med att koka vildriset till toppingsalladen, enligt anvisning på förpackningen.

Skala och finhacka lök och vitlök, fräs i lite olja i en gryta eller kastrull tills de mjuknar men utan att de tar färg. Skrubba rotsakerna noga, skär bort eventuella jordiga bitar och dela resten i mindre bitar. Tillsätt rotsakerna, mandelsmör och vätska till grytan. Låt koka upp och sjud i 15-20 minuter, beroende på storleken på bitarna, tills allt är helt mjukt. Ta bort från värmen, mixa tills helt slätt med hjälp av stavmixer. Tillsätt persilja och vinäger och pulsa några gånger. Smaka av med salt och peppar.

Värm ugnen till 200°C. Skrubba rotsellerin till toppingsalladen noga. Skär i små tärningar, blanda med lite olja och en nypa salt. Rosta i ugnen tills mjuka, ca 15 minuter. Låt mandelflanen rosta med sista minuten. Blanda vildris, rostad rotselleri och mandelflarn. Finhacka persiljan och blanda ner. Smaka av med salt och peppar.

Servera soppan toppad med salladen och krasse. Ringla över kallpressad olivolja - gärna en smaksatt!

Plant roast with nuts, porcini mushrooms and quinoa

Plant roast with nuts, porcini mushrooms and quinoa

Topped with kale chips and apple lingonberry compote

Serves 6-8 at a buffet

Ingredients

350 grams parsnip

300 grams celeriac

2 dl white quinoa (I use Swedish quinoa! Available online and in well-stocked eco shops)

40 grams dried porcini mushrooms or chanterelles (Same as 400 grams of fresh mushrooms. You can also use other mushrooms such as chestnut mushrooms or oyster mushrooms)

10 cm leeks

3 garlic cloves

3 sprigs of fresh rosemary, finely chopped

15 fresh sage leaves, finely chopped

150 grams of kale

1 1/2 dl almond flour

2 dl walnuts

3 Tbsp chia seeds

1 tsp flakey salt

1 pinch freshly ground black pepper

Kale Chips

100 grams of kale

1 teaspoon rapeseed oil

1 pinch of flake salt

Apple and lingonberry compote

3 red winter apples, for example Ingrid Marie

1 dl lingon, frozen works fine

For serving

Roasted almonds *

How to

Scrub the parsnips carefully. Cut the peel off the celeriac. Cut the veggies into large pieces, cook until soft in lightly salted water, for about 15 minutes. Pour off the water and let cool down. Mash until chunky

Cook the quinoa according to the instructions on the packaging. Soak the dried mushroom in hot boiled water for at least 10 minutes. Pour off the water and chop the mushroom. If you use fresh mushrooms, you just skip the soaking step and chop the mushrooms right away instead. Cut the leeks in half, finely chop and rinse carefully. Peel and finely chop the garlic. Fry the leeks and garlic in a drizzle of oil until they soften. Add mushrooms, rosemary, sage, salt and pepper and fry for a few more minutes.

Rinse and chop the kale. Chop the walnuts. Preheat oven to 200 ° C. Mix the root veggie mash, quinoa, mushroom, kale, almond flour, walnuts and chia seeds together using a wooden spoon until you get a smooth batter. Cover a bread tin with baking sheet and add the batter to the bread tin.

Bake the roast in the middle of the oven for 40 minutes, then pick up the loaf from the tin, place on a baking sheet, and bake for another 20 minutes. Let stand for 10 minutes before serving.

Kale chips: Lower the oven temperature to 125 ° C. Tear the kale into smaller pieces, remove the tough part of the stalk. Massage the leaves with oil and a pinch of salt until it gets soft and silky. Spread out on a baking sheet. Bake in the middle of the oven for 7-10 minutes, until you get crispy chips.

Apple and lingonberry compote: Dice the apples. Bring apple, lingonberry and a splash of water to a boil and let simmer until you get a smooth compote. Serve the Plant-roast topped with kale chips, apple and lingonberry compote and toasted almonds.

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Nöt- och svamplimpa med quinoa och rotsaker

Toppad med Grönkålschips och äpple- och lingonkompott

6-8 portioner på en buffé

I Storbritannien där stek är vanligt på julbordet är det numer även populärt att göra “stekar” på grönt, fyllda av smaker och olika texturer är de en ny favorit hos mig - och ett självklart inslag på den stundande högtidens bjudningar!

Ingredienser

350 gram palsternacka

300 gram Rotselleri

2 dl vit quinoa (Välj gärna svensk! Går att få ta i på nätet och i välsorterade ekobutiker)

40 gram torkad karljohansvamp eller kantareller (motsvarar ca 400 gram färsk svamp. Det går även bra att använda exempelvis kastanjechampinjon eller ostronskivling som du hittar färsk i butik)

10 cm purjolök 

3 vitlöksklyftor, finhackade

3 kvistar färsk rosmarin, finhackade blad

15 färska salviablad, finhackade

150 gram grönkål

1 1/2 dl mandelmjöl

2 dl valnötter

3 msk linfrön

1 tsk flingsalt

1 krm nymalen svartpeppar

Grönkålschips

100 gram grönkål

1 tsk rapsolja

1 nypa flingsalt

Äpple- och lingonkompott

3 röda vinteräpplen, exempelvis Ingrid Marie

1 dl lingon, frysta

Till servering

Rostade mandlar *

Gör såhär

Skrubba palsternackorna noga. Skär bort skalet från rotsellerin. Skär rotsakerna i stora bitar, koka tills mjuka i lättsaltat vatten, i ca 15 minuter. Häll av och låt ånga av. Mosa till ett bitigt mos.

Koka quinoan enligt anvisning på förpackningen.

Lägg den torkade svampen i blöt i hett vatten i minst 10 minuter. Häll av och strimla svampen. Använder du färsk svamp hoppar du bara över blötläggningssteget, och strimlar istället svampen. Dela purjolöken på mitten, strimla fint och skölj noga. Skala och finhacka vitlöken. Fräs purjolök och vitlök i lite olja tills de mjuknar. Tillsätt svamp, rosmarin, salvia, salt och peppar och fräs i ytterligare ett par minuter.

Skölj och finhacka grönkålen. Finhacka valnötterna.

Värm ugnen too 200°C. Blanda rotsaksmoset, quinoa, svampfräs, grönkål, mandelmjöl, valnötter och linfrö tills du får en jämn smet. Täck en avlång brödform med bakplåtspapper och tryck ut smeten i formen.

Baka limpan mitt i ugnen i 40 minuter, ta sedan upp limpan i formen, lägg på en bakplåt, och baka i ytterligare 20 minuter. Låt stå i 10 minuter innan den serveras.

Grönkålschips: Sänk ugnstemperaturen till 125°C. Riv grönkålen i mindre bitar, ta bort den grövsta biten av stjälken. Masserad bladen med olja och en nypa salt så att allt täcks. Sprid ut på en bakplåt. Rosta i mitten av ugnen i 7-10 minuter, tills du fått krispiga chips.

Äpple- och lingonkompott: Tärna äpplena. Koka ihop äpple, lingon och en skvätt vatten tills du får en len kompott.

Servera Rotsaks- och svamplimpan toppad med grönkålschips, äppel- och lingonkompott och rostade mandlar.

* vill du rosta egna mandlar gör du det enkelt genom att lägga dem på en plåt och rosta i ugnen på 150° i ca 10 minuter, alternativt i en torr, medelhet stekpanna tills de får en lätt gyllene färg.

Recipe was first published in The Gothenburg-Post/Två dagar, winter 2019

Baked celeriac burger with carrot miso spread, sprouts and herb pesto

Nothing gets as soft and sweet as a root celeriac baked for hours, it’s delicious! Thinly sliced it makes the perfect topping on a crisp bread or a piece of sourdough bread, teared in to smaller pieces it goes very well in a hearty salad and sliced like this in a burger! Use smaller celeriacs if making tiny burgers, and bigger ones if making a normal size burger - you get it!

When it comes to burgers I think that the add-ons are just as important, they can be really simple but I do love for them to be there. Here I made a carrot spread which I seasoned with miso, fermented soy bean paste, and a 1-minute-pesto with lots of herbs. Let gets cooking!

Baked celeriac burger with carrot miso spread, sprouts and herb pesto

8 mini burgers

Ingredients

2 tiny celeriacs

1 tsp rapeseed oil

Carrot miso spread

250 grams carrots

1 tsp light or dark organic miso paste *

1 Tbsp cold pressed rapeseed oil

1 Tbsp applecider vinegar

flakey salt and freshly ground black pepper to taste

Herb pesto

2 handfuls of fresh herbs, for example basil, parsley and cilantro

2 Tbsp pepitas / pumpkin seeds

1 Tbsp nutritional yeast / b-jäst

2 Tbsp cold pressed olive oil

1 Tbsp applecider vinegar

flakey salt and freshly ground black pepper to taste

For serving

8 mini buckwheat sourdough buns (or any bund you prefer), I get my from Mällyeko

pea shots

beet sprouts

How to

Pre heat the oven to 175°C / 350°F. Cut away the bottom part from the celeriac. Scrub the rest thoroughly. Brush the whole thing with oil and put in an ovenproof dish. Bake in the oven for about 1 hour, until it’s completely soft. Let cool, then cut in slices.

Wash the carrots, cut in smaller pieces and steam or boil until soft. Let cool. Mix with the rest of the ingredients for the carrot miso spread in a food processor until smooth. Salt and pepper to taste.

Mix together the ingredients for the pesto until a bitey texture using an immersion blender or food processor. Salt and pepper to taste.

Cut the buns in half. Put some carrot miso spread on the bottom parts, and pesto on the top parts. Top the carrot miso spread with two pieces of celeriac, sprouts and shots. Put the lid on top. ENJOY!

* Miso paste is a paste made of fermented soybeans. The difference between light and dark is (simply put) it that the dark one has a deeper flavour and more umami taste to it than the light one,

Recipe was first published in The Gothenburg-Post/Två dagar

Warming bean chili with avocado and cilantro

I love how the different seasons throughout the year invites to enjoy different types of foods, both when it comes to specific veggies and fruits to use and how to cook them. Especially when you like me live in a part of the world where each season really is different from the one before, and the ones that is coming this is quite a “big” thing!

I’m embracing this fact when it comes to the food I’m cooking. I like to get creative with what ever we can get from the farmers (at least fairly) nearby, letting those veggies be the main ingredient and then maybe adding (like avocado in this recipe) some other things as an extra. Also, during winter a warming bowl of something hearty and yummy is a great idea. So, Lets get cooking!

Warming bean chili with avocado and cilantro

4-6 portions

Ingredients

150 gram soya mice (weight when dry) *

1 yellow onion

2 garlic cloves

1/2 celeriac (roughly 350 grams)

1 Tbsp whole cumin

2 tsp smoked paprika powder

1/2 tsp ground cayenne pepper

6 dried organic apricots, chopped

2 packages (á 500 ml) crushed tomatoes

4 dl / 1.7 cups water

1 package (á 230 grams when drained) pre cooked black beans

1 package (á 230 grams when drained) pre cooked kidney beans

1 Tbsp cacao powder

150 grams Tuscan kale

1 Tbsp cold pressed rapeseed oil

salt and freshly ground black pepper

For serving

4-6 portions wild rice/black quinoa/sorghum/whole oats

2 avocados

fresh cilantro

How to

Soak the soya mince according to instructions on the packaging.

Peel and finely chop the onion and garlic. Scrub the celeriac thoroughly, cut i small pieces. Fry the onion and garlic in a pot until soft. Add the celeriac, spices and apricot and fry for another couple of minutes. Add the crushed tomatoes, water and soya mince. Bring to a boil and let simmer for 15 minutes.

Drain and rinse the beans. Remove the tough steam from the kale (tips: keep them and use next time you’re making a creamy kale soup! Put them in the freezer until then) and cut the leaves in smaller pieces. Add cacao, beans and kale to the chili. Turn of the heat and let the chili sit for at least 15 minutes before serving. Salt and pepper to taste.

Serve with sliced avocado, fresh cilantro and your choice of cooked grain!

* I like to use organic dried soya mince as it’s made of 100% soy, as opposite to the frozen ones I’ve manage to find which always have contained other things then only soy (such as flavouring, stabilators, sugar etc - things I found to be unnecessary here and rather tend avoid)

Recipe for Coop Sverige. Photo by Magnus Carlsson.