Amish Creamed Celery Recipe (Authentic)

Creamed Celery

Creamed celery is a delicious side dish of cooked celery in a sweetened and thickened creamy sauce. This Amish creamed celery recipe is traditionally served at many Amish weddings.

I don't know if the Amish in other states serve this Amish creamed celery dish at their weddings or not.

But I grew up in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. And in that area, all of the Old Order Amish serve creamed celery as part of their wedding dinner.

The New Order Amish do not have a traditional wedding meal; so I think this is mainly an Old Order Amish tradition.

Amish Wedding Celery Recipe - Amish Wedding Foods

I honestly do not know how the tradition of serving creamed celery (Amish recipe) got started. But the Amish do have some unique traditions. (Click on this link for my post about Amish wedding traditions.)

And they tend to stick to their traditions whether the tradition makes sense or not. They don't like too much change.

So if you attend a Lancaster County Amish wedding, you can expect to be served turkey or chicken roast (roasht = stuffing and meat mixed), mashed potatoes, and creamed celery (along with numerous other dishes and desserts) for lunch.

Amish Creamed Celery

In preparation for her daughter's wedding in the fall, an Amish mother will plant several extra rows of celery stalks.

So the week of the wedding, there is plenty of celery that needs to be washed and cut. They need lots of celery to make this creamed celery recipe, but they also need some for the chicken roast. And they put some on the tables for fresh eating as well.

To make creamed celery, start by washing and chopping the celery into bite-sized pieces.

Place it into a large cooking pot along with water, salt, vinegar, sugar, and butter. Bring to a boil, cover, and cook over medium-low heat until soft. This will take probably take at least 40 minutes unless you use a pressure cooker.

Mix flour and brown sugar, and add the evaporated milk.

Once your celery is soft, stir in the milk mixture. Continue stirring and cooking until it just comes to a boil. Remove from the heat and cool for a few minutes. Enjoy your Amish wedding creamed celery.

A unique Amish recipe

I hope you enjoy this creamed celery. I love it!

But I know that sometimes when you grow up with certain foods you learn to enjoy them. And then others will try that recipe and think it's disgusting (this is the case with my kids). But you should at least try it, it's a great celery recipe!

I enjoy eating it plain or with a meal. And it is especially good served with their traditional wedding food of mashed potatoes and turkey roast (roasht).

The creamed celery recipe that I am sharing only makes a small batch. So if you love the stuff go ahead and double the batch. It will keep for up to a week in the refrigerator.

Of course, the Amish would need to make many batches to feed two to three hundred people. And they often have smaller quantity recipes to feed their family and share large quantity recipes for weddings.

Memories of Home

Honestly, I have not eaten creamed celery in years, until recently when I decided to cook some once again.

And as I was cooking my celery, the smell brought back memories of my mom cooking in her kitchen. Celery has a delicious smell when it's cooking. And I loved sniffing it :).

I am privileged to have an Amish cousin (who is a great cook) that was willing to share her Amish creamed celery recipe with me. Let me know in the comments below if you try this recipe and like it.

More Amish recipes

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Amish Wedding Chicken Roast recipe

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Amish Creamed Celery Recipe

Creamed Celery is a traditional Amish wedding side dish that is served at many Amish weddings. It is cooked celery sweetened with a creamy sauce.

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Prep Time 10 mins

Cook Time 50 mins

Total Time 1 hr

Course Side Dish

Cuisine American, Amish

Servings 6 people

Calories 83 kcal

Ingredients

  

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• 1 stalk cut celery about 1 quart
• 1/2 tsp. salt
• 3/4 c. water
• 2 Tbsp. sugar
• 1 1/2 tsp. white vinegar
• 1 Tbs. butter
• 1/2 - 3/4 c. evaporated milk (depending on how creamy you like it)
• 2 - 3 Tbs. brown sugar (depending how sweet you like it)
• 1 Tbs. all-purpose flour

Instructions

 

• Cut celery into bite-sized pieces. Combine the first six ingredients in a medium-sized cooking pot. Bring to boil.
  1 stalk cut celery, 1/2 tsp. salt, 3/4 c. water, 2 Tbsp. sugar, 1 1/2 tsp. white vinegar, 1 Tbs. butter
• Cover and cook celery over medium-low heat until soft. It takes about 45 - 55 minutes unless you use a pressure cooker.
• Mix brown sugar and flour, add evaporated milk and mix well. Pour this into the cooked celery mixture.
  1/2 - 3/4 c. evaporated milk (depending on how creamy you like it), 2 - 3 Tbs. brown sugar (depending how sweet you like it), 1 Tbs. all-purpose flour
• Continue cooking and stirring until it just barely comes to a boil. Remove from the heat.

Notes

If you don't have evaporated milk on hand, you can use whole milk instead.

Do not overcook after adding the evaporated milk! Just bring it to a very slight boil.

Don't make the mistake I did once and use sweetened condensed milk. Evaporated milk is what you are looking for here.

Nutrition

Serving: 1servingCalories: 83kcalCarbohydrates: 12gProtein: 2gFat: 3gSaturated Fat: 2gPolyunsaturated Fat: 1gMonounsaturated Fat: 1gTrans Fat: 1gCholesterol: 11mgSodium: 205mgPotassium: 84mgFiber: 1gSugar: 11gVitamin A: 135IUVitamin C: 1mgCalcium: 59mgIron: 1mg

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