Christmas Recipes > Celery Sauce for Roast Turkey

How to make celery sauce:
Celery sauce, although rarely used now, is in fact a traditional British (Norfolk) accompaniment to the christmas turkey.



Ingredients

1 small head of celery
1 medium onion
1 tablespoon flour
3 tablespoons butter
1/4 pint turkey stock
1 bouquet garni
1/4 teaspoon freshly grated nutmeg
black pepper
2 egg yolks
1/4 pint double cream
pinch of celery salt
(see measure conversions for more information)

Method

- Clean and finely chop the celery, discarding any stringy bits and the leaves.
- Cook with the peeled and finely chopped onion in the butter.
- Cook until soft and transparent.
- Sprinkle the flour over the vegetables.
- Cook for about 1 minute stirring all the time.
- Add the turkey stock very gradually still stirring.
- Bring to the boil.
- Add the Bouquet Garni and reduce to a simmer.
- Simmer for about 20 minutes.
- Remove the Bouquet Garni.
- Add the nutmeg, celery salt and black pepper.
- Remove the sauce from the heat.
- Mix the egg yolks into the cream and stir into the sauce.
- If you need to reheat the sauce do so very gently.


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