Curried Fresh Pea Soup

Total Time: 25 mins Preparation Time: 5 mins Cook Time: 20 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 4
• 1 large onion
• 1 bunch flat leaf parsley
• 1 butter lettuce, washed and chopped
• 300 g shelled fresh peas or 300 g shelled frozen peas
• 3 tablespoons butter
• 5 tablespoons heavy cream
• 1 tablespoon medium-hot curry powder
• 1 1/2 liters strong chicken stock
• 4 slices soft fresh bread, crusts removed and diced
• sea salt

Recipe

• 1 slice the onion into fine rounds and cook in half the butter in the saucepan until softened and a pale gold.
• 2 add lettuce to the onion in the pan, allow to soften for 8 minutes, add curry powder and stir well.
• 3 pour in stock and salt lightly.
• 4 bring to the boil and cook briskly for 5 minutes.
• 5 add parsley and peas.
• 6 do not cover the pan while cooking, this will preserve the rich green of the peas.
• 7 while the vegetables are cooking.
• 8 sauté bread with remaining butter in a frying pan, stirring well, until they are golden.
• 9 drain and keep hot.
• 10 blend cooked peas until creamy.
• 11 strain the pureed soup through a fine sieve.
• 12 pour the soup back into the saucepan and reheat.
• 13 add 5 tablespoons of cream as it comes to the boil.
• 14 check seasoning and serve in piping hot plates and sprinkle each serving with crisp croutons.