Creamy Celery, Potato And Onion Soup

Ingredients

• 3 large heads of celery
• 1 large onion
• 1 potato
• 3 pints water
• 1 dozen peppercorns
• 2 ounces butter
• 1 ounce flour
• 1 1/2 teaspoons salt
• 1/2 pint milk
• 1 pinch of mace

Method

1. 1 Dissolve 1 ounce of butter in a saucepan. Add sliced celery, onion, potato, water, peppercorns, salt, and mace. Simmer for 1.5 hours.
2. 2 Strain the soup. Thicken with a mixture of the remaining 1 ounce of butter and the flour.
3. 3 Stir in the milk and serve very hot.