Pea soup recipe

esthomizzy

I needed to make room in my freezer so I decided to make pea soup out of the baffling amount of frozen peas in there. It was so simple and surprisingly delicious I thought I'd tell someone.

Chop an onion (the original recipe I followed said shallots but I didn't have any in) and soften in butter in a large pan (don't brown them). While doing so boil the kettle and make 500ml of chicken or veg stock (I used a stock cube but you could use what you have if you've got some ready). Add the stock and dump a big bag of peas in the large pan and boil for a few minutes. If you have any mint add a sprig (it doesn't matter greatly if you don't have any)After 3-5mins discard the mint (if used) and puree as much as desired (I did about three quarters pureed so it looked a little mushy pea like. Ladle into bowls and add a generous spoon of cream to the top.

This sounds too simple and boring but astonishingly it's very tasty. Better still depending on the contents of your freezer it can often be made without you going anywhere near a shop which increased my ability to not spend on that given day. Hooray. Enjoy.

Paulie'sGirl

Wow, talk about a store-cupboard supper!

Thanks, esthomissy, I'll bookmark this. OH and I love just soup for tea when we're stressed and busy.

weezl74

your recipe sounds lovely. If you ever have loads of peas again and happen to have tinned pears in juice in the cupboard, then pea and pear is a gorgeous soup combo. I know it sounds strange, but it's lush!

Weezl x

esthomizzy

weezl74 wrote: »

your recipe sounds lovely. If you ever have loads of peas again and happen to have tinned pears in juice in the cupboard, then pea and pear is a gorgeous soup combo. I know it sounds strange, but it's lush!

Weezl x

Wow that sounds great. I'll definitely try it thanks. I love pears and blue cheese together too which also sound odd but is lovely.

Mrs_A_4

How odd, I was just thinking about how to make pea and ham soup... Your recipe is pretty much what I guessed, but I was dithering about whether to put bits of ham in before or after I blitzed it!

Anyone help?

Zazen999

Another MSE fix on this is to use a box of the dried peas [not the marrowfat ones] which are about 25p; and add a stick of celery with the onion. I've been using that recipe for years and it is an old fave of ours.

I do brown my onions and celery though - I do with all my soups.