Pea Soup Recipe
This is a fresh pea soup recipe that's so easy to make, you will want to make it one of your favorite recipes.
Ingredients
- 1 oz butter
- 1 medium sized onion or 2 or three shallots finely chopped
- 3 cups of freshly shelled peas - usually about 3lbs of fresh garden peas; or frozen peas
- 2 cups of water or chicken stock if you have any
- 3 tablespoons fresh cream or creme fraiche
- Salt and pepper to taste
- Croutons to garnish
Instructions
- Melt the butter in a heavy bottomed saucepan and add the onions or shallots, gently cooking them by sweating them until they are soft.
- Add the peas, water or stock.
- Add salt and pepper to taste and bring to the boil.
- Simmer immediately and cook for about 20 minutes depending on the size of the peas as you may need a little longer if the peas are large.
- When cooked, process the peas or blend them until smooth in a food processor or by hand blender and stir in the cream.
- Heat thoroughly without boiling the soup.
- Taste at this point and adjust seasoning to taste.
- Serve hot with freshly made croutons.
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