Use Locally - Issue 52 August 2017
Cream C ream Of Of Pea Pea & Herb Herb Soup Soup Serves 4
Ready minutes, plus cooling R eady in 45 min utes, pl us cool ling
This Th his light light and cr creamy eamy summery su mmery soup soup tastes delicious orr cold. T To d e cious hot o eli o serve soup ser rve cold, leave leave the sou p to cool then chill chill in the fridge 2-3 fri dge ffor or 23 hours before before serving. ser rving. Top Top with with a dollop dollop off cr crème fraiche and ème fr o serve with ser rve wi th crusty cru usty bread, brea if liked. l ed. lik Melt the butter in a large deep pan Melt pan.. Add d the leek and potato and cook over o a medium m heat for 10 minutes untill beginning beg ginning to soften.
IIngredients: ngredients: •
25g butter
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1 leek, trimm trimmed ed and chopped
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1 potato, pee peeled eled and diced
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1 litre vegeta vegetable able stock
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400g fresh po podded odded peas
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Few fresh mi mint nt leaves
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Few fresh dil dilll sprigs, plus extra to garni garnish ish
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Pinch of suga sugar ar
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100ml double e cream
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Salt and fresh freshly hly ground black pepperr
Pour Pou P ur in i the h stockk and d bring b i to the h boil, b il then untilil the the n simmer for 10-15 minutes unt potato tender.. Add nearly all the peas pot ato is tender (reserve dill (res ill serve a few for garnish), mint, d and d sugar and simmer for a furtherr 4-5 minutes. min nutes. Cool Coo ol the soup for 10 minutes then puree pur ree until almost smooth with a stick stic ck blender or in batches in a food d processor. pro cessor. Return pan Retturn the pureed mixture to the p an gently.. Stir in the and d heat through gently cream minutes.. cre am and simmer for 2-3 minutes Season freshly Sea ason to taste with salt and fresh hly ground pepper.. gro und black pepper
TIP If fresh peas are unavailable quantity use the same qu uantity of instead. frozen peas inste ead. 28
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Ladle Lad dle into four warmed bowls and serve garnished gar rnished with the reserved peas and a dill sprigs.
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