Cream Of Eddo Soup

Ingredients

some cilantro leaves
2 tb butter
2 generous eddoes
1/2 c onion
1/4 c celery
4 c rich chicken stock
1 bouquet garni
1 c whipping cream

Instructions

Puree soup mixture in electric blender or food processor until smooth. Add cream and seasonings; return to a boil. Taste and adjust seasonings. Serve in heated bowls garnished with freshly chopped cilantro. Enright says that the potato-like eddo, with its creamy interior, is popular in the Caribbean and available most months in Canada. Recipe from Barbados chef Gary Browne in _Nancy Enright's Canadian Herb Cookbook_ by Nancy Enright. Toronto: James Lorimer & Company, 1985. Pp. 32-33. ISBN 0-88862-788-2. Electronic format by Cathy Harned.