Tom Kerridge serves up a creamy celery and parsley soup with poached egg and soda bread for his keep it simple food challenge with Monica Galetti on Food and Drink.

Tom says: “This light, healthy soup with quick homemade bread is perfect for winter evenings to beat the post-Christmas bulge.”

The ingredients for the soda bread are: 45g butter, softened, plus extra for greasing and to serve, 340g wholemeal flour, 340g strong white bread flour, plus extra for dusting, 2 tsp bicarbonate of soda, 1½ tsp salt, 1 tsp cracked black peppercorns and 625ml buttermilk.

For the celery soup: 1 tbsp rapeseed oil, 1 onion, sliced, 2 garlic cloves, grated, 1 floury potato, such as Maris Piper, peeled and diced, 1 litre hot chicken stock, 1kg celery, stalks trimmed and finely sliced, leaves reserved, 1 bunch fresh flatleaf parsley, leaves only and 200ml double cream.

For the poached eggs: splash white wine vinegar, 6 free-range eggs, drizzle rapeseed oil and celery salt, to taste.