Jimmy Carter’s Southern Peanut Soup

Filed Under Dining with Destiny, Features, Recipes

Ingredients

4 tbsp butter
1 onion, chopped
2 stalks celery
2 tbsp plain flour
1 pint chicken stock
2/3 cup peanut butter
2/3 cup double cream
1 tbsp chopped lovage (or celery leaves)
1 tbsp roughly crushed peanuts

Method

Soften the onion and celery in the melted butter, allowing them to sweat. Now add the 2 tbsp of plain flour and stirring quickly, blend with the buttery mixture. Still stirring, pour in the chicken stock a warm golden sloop at a time. Bring to the boil (still stirring! Reduce the heat and simmer for 10 to 15 minutes. Remove from heat, cool and then blend this mixture. Return to the heat and whisk in the peanut butter and cream.

To serve, sprinkle with crushed peanuts and the bright green chopped lovage (or celery leaves).