Chilled (canned Or Fresh) Pea And Mint Soup

Total Time: 3 hrs 30 mins Preparation Time: 3 hrs 30 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 6
• 900 g fresh peas (2 lb) or 450 g frozen peas (1 lb)
• 50 g butter (2 oz) or 50 g margarine (2 oz)
• 1 onion, roughly chopped
• 570 ml milk (1 pint)
• 570 ml chicken stock (1 pint)
• 3 large mint sprigs
• mint (to garnish)
• 1 pinch caster sugar
• salt (to taste)
• pepper (to taste)
• 150 ml single cream (5 fl oz)

Recipe

• 1 shell the fresh peas.
• 2 melt butter in a saucepan and gently saute the onion until it is soft but not brown.
• 3 remove the onion mixture from the heat and mix in the milk, stock, peas, 2-3 mint sprigs, sugar, salt and pepper. bring to the boil, stirring regularly (if using frozen peas add them now, straight from frozen, no need to thaw them first).
• 4 simmer, covered for about 30 minutes or until the peas are really tender. let it cool just a little bit, then purée the mixture using a food processor , blender or by rubbing though a fine sieve.
• 5 add fresh cream to the purée, mix well and then chill for 2 hours.
• 6 serve chilled, garnished with sprigs of fresh mint.