Ingredients

1 3/4 cups homemade or low-sodium store-bought chicken stock

1 cup water

1 pound celeriac (also called celery root), peeled and cut into 1-inch pieces

1 pound Yukon gold potatoes, peeled and cut into 1-inch pieces

1 medium Granny Smith apple, peeled, cored, and cut into 1-inch pieces

1 medium shallot, coarsely chopped

1 dried bay leaf

Coarse salt

2 tablespoons unsalted butter, room temperature

3/4 ounce blue cheese (about 2 tablespoons), such as Buttermilk Blue, Danish blue, or Roquefort, plus more for crumbling

Preparation

Bring stock, water, celeriac, potatoes, apple, shallot, bay leaf, and 1 teaspoon salt to a boil in a large pot. Cook until tender, about 10 minutes. Strain, reserving liquid; discard bay leaf. Return celeriac, potatoes, apple, and shallot to pot, and add 3/4 cup reserved cooking liquid. Coarsely mash with a potato masher.

Using a fork, mash together butter and blue cheese in a small bowl. Stir into celeriac mixture. Season with salt.

Spoon into a warm serving bowl, and crumble blue cheese over top.