Green
Pea Soup
It has always been
a mystery why green pea soup in cans is not available on supermarket shelves,
certainly in Scotland. It is tasty and an attractive colour.
The lack
of an "off the shelf" version just gives the incentive to make it yourself!
Ingredients:
One pound peas (fresh or frozen)
One bunch spring onions
One round lettuce
One pint chicken stock (or made from a cube)
One ounce butter (25g or ΒΌ stick)
One level teaspoon castor (fine granulated) sugar
One clove garlic
Salt and pepper to taste
Method:
Peel and crush the garlic and trim and slice the spring onions. Soften them by heating in butter in a pan for three minutes.
Then add stock, peas, roughly chopped lettuce, sugar, salt and pepper
Bring to the boil
Simmer for roughly five minutes.
Cool slightly and then put through a blender.
Green pea soup can be
served either hot or cold, but heat or cool quickly to preserve the colour.
Served:
Cold, garnish with chopped mint.
Hot, garnish with cream or fromage frais.
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