Saturday 26 April 2014

Chilled pea and mint soup recipe

  • Ingredients

  • 1kg bag frozen Tesco garden peas
  • 1 vegetable stock cube
  • 1litre cold water
  • 1 small packet fresh mint, leaves finely chopped stems discarded
  • 4tbsp Tesco half fat crème fraiche


Preparation

Place the peas, stock cube and water into a large saucepan, bring to the boil and simmer for 5 minutes or until the peas are very tender. Allow the mixture to cool, add the mint and puree in a food processor or with a hand blender, chill in the fridge until ready to serve.
To serve season with salt and pepper to taste, transfer to bowls and swirl in the crème fraiche.