Thursday 17 July 2014

Pea and Mint Soup

Pea and Mint Soup

A little morning ritual I've been enjoying in this gorgeous summer weather is having my breakfast espresso sitting on a bench in the garden, before heading off to work. I sip my coffee, listen to the birds, feel the sun on my face and survey the garden. 

The bench is next to my little herb corner so the coffee aroma from my espresso mingles with the heady smells of rosemary, thyme and mint. They all seem to be flourishing this year. Indeed, it was seeing that the mint was about to take over everything else that led me to make this delicious, summery, fragrant soup and although I was very liberal in my use of mint, it doesn't overpower the delicate flavour of the peas.

I am entering this soup into a few blog challenges this month:

Simple and in Season –  My Custard Pie (this month's host) & Ren Behan

Simple and in Season - enter your post on mycustardpie.com










No Croutons Required - Lisa’s Kitchen (this month's host) & Tinned Tomatoes













Four Season Food - Eat your Veg (this month's host) & Delicieux











Cooking with Herbs - Lavender & Lovage









RECIPE

1 tablespoon extra virgin olive oil
4 spring onions
700 ml water
500g frozen peas
1 big bunch fresh mint 

Start by boiling the water (in a kettle if you have one). 

Heat the olive oil in a large pan and add the spring onions, roughly chopped (I use the white and green parts). Stir and cook over a gentle heat for a minute so that the spring onions just start to soften.

Add the peas and the just-boiled water. Stir everything together and simmer for about 6 minutes, stirring occasionally.

Strip the leaves off the mint and roughly chop. Add to the soup and continue cooking for a further minute or two. 

Using either a stick blender or normal blender, whizz it all up until you get the consistency you desire. I like it with a bit of texture. Season with salt and pepper.

Serve with a few fresh mint leaves and a swirl of yoghurt or olive oil on top if you like. I usually eat this soup hot but it's also really nice cold. 

Pea soup

10 comments:

  1. I adore this soup... so colourful and just so damned tasty!... amazing chilled too!

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  2. That colour would cheer you up on its own. Simple combination which sounds delicious. Enjoy many more mornings sitting on your bench.

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    1. Thank you - yes, it looks as good as it tastes!

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  3. Your Pea and Mint soup colour is amazing. I so agree about mint taking over, I am having the same problem too, but have not done much with it yet, other than a bit here and there in a Tabbouleh recipe. Thank you so much for sharing your soup - delicious warm or chilled for this months #EatYourGreens.

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    1. Thank you Shaheen. Tabbouleh is a great idea - just a shame that my parsley isn't growing well at all this year!

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  4. A STUNNING recipe and using ingredients that I LOVE too! Thanks for linking up to Cooking with Herbs!

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  5. As far as I am concerned, you can never have enough mint. Lovely soup. Thanks for sharing with NCR. The roundup will be up shortly.

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  6. Thanks for sending this to Simple and in Season. The round up is now up!

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