After our cold morning walk in the beautiful snow, all I wanted when I got home was a bowl of warming soup. Luckily, I had some vegetable stock waiting for me in the freezer and there's always frozen peas in the freezer for days when we run out of vegetables and for days like this. Impromptu soup making! It would have been great if I had some fresh mint on hand but i really didn't want to go out in the cold again to buy some since my toes and fingertips had already thawed out. :P
What I really love about soup recipes is that one can take a basic soup recipe and just improvise with whatever you have at home. All you basically need is a good stock, some vegetables and to make it more exciting, add some herbs or spices and you are good to go!
Ingredients (Serves 2)
1 small onion, peeled and chopped
1 small carrot, peeled and chopped
2 cloves of garlic, peeled and chopped
450g of frozen peas
1 stalk of spring onions, chopped
500ml of Vegetable Stock
Olive Oil
Pine nuts, Extra Virgin Olive Oil to garnish (optional)
Salt and Pepper to taste
Method
1) Fully defrost the peas.The reason I do this is because I want to keep the cooking time of peas as short as possible to keep their bright green colour.
2) Heat up some olive oil in a heavy bottom pot. Add the onion and carrots. Cook over a gentle heat until the onions and carrots are soft (about 10 mins). Add the garlic and cook a further 2 mins.
3) Pour in the stock and bring to boil.
4) Add in the peas as well as the spring onions and bring back to a boil. Lower the heat and simmer for a further 2 mins.
5) Use a hand blender or liquidiser, pulse until the soup is smooth. Season to taste.
6) Divide into bowls, garnish with pine nuts. Drizzle with extra virgin oil oil and serve with some good bread.
Sylvia, this looks delicious. A good one for our Autumn!
ReplyDeleteThanks Lizzy!
DeleteNice, I will try this soup this week. Never made pureed green pea soup, not yet anyway
ReplyDeleteHope you'll like it!
DeleteNice!!!!
ReplyDeleteThis is such a lovely soup, the best part it can be made with just few ingredients which are always on hand...
Beautiful!!1
Thanks Reem! I love easy soups like this.
DeleteEvery time I see this soup, it reminds me I should REALLY get a hand immersion blender.
ReplyDeleteYes you should! it's easy to use and easy to wash too!
DeleteWhy it has never occurred to me to use frozen peas in peas soup is beyond me, thanks for the tip Sylvia. Although we haven't been experiencing the usual winter chill, I sympathize with you not wanting to brave the cold. I wonder how dill would be sprinkled on top?
ReplyDeleteThank you so much for sharing...
Using frozen peas are quite good as the freezing process concentrates the sugars making it sweet. Am sure it'll be great with dill on top too!
DeleteI never knew that frozen peas give this beautiful color of green color. There is carrots in this? The red color is not visible at all. How beautiful shade of green this. I would cook this to brighten table. My kids may not even realize it's a green vegetable (since it's such a creamy green color). Can't wait to try. Pinning it first!
ReplyDeleteI only used a small amount of carrot as compared to the amount of peas so it's not visible. Hope you'll like it too!
DeleteThanks I pinned it and hope to try it soon!
DeleteLove this soup!So light and healthy.Looks pretty too :)
ReplyDeleteThanks Soni!
DeleteWhat a beautiful soup on the fly! It's amazing what we have in the house that can be turned into something as beautiful and tasty as this soup. Love it! Great idea to top off with the pinon and drizzle of oil - what a great touch!
ReplyDeleteThanks MJ! I really need to make more stock in one go for days like this!
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