Hairy Bikers Celeriac and apple soup with bacon and parsley recipe on Best of British foods

The Hairy Bikers combines apples with celeriac to create Celeriac and apple soup with bacon and parsley on Best of British Foods.

The Bikers says: “Eating apples give a sweet note to this root vegetable soup, topped with crisp pieces of bacon and crème fraîche.”

The ingredients are: 500g (roughly 3) eating apples, 50g butter, 1 tbsp sunflower oil, 2 onions, chopped, 1 celeriac, cut into roughly 2cm chunks, 1 large carrot, cut into roughly 1.5cm slices, 2 garlic cloves, 2 medium potatoes, peeled and cut into roughly 2cm chunks, 1 small bunch fresh thyme (3-4 sprigs), 1 bay leaf, 1.3 litres vegetable or chicken stock, made with 1 stock cube, flaked sea salt and freshly ground black pepper.


See how the Bikers prepare their soup in this video: