Pea, mint & crème frâiche soup
6
Points®
Total time: 23 min • Prep: 10 min • Cook: 13 min • Serves: 4 • Difficulty: Easy
Using frozen peas means this colourful soup couldn’t be easier, and it’s full of beautiful, fresh flavours too.
Ingredients
Calorie controlled cooking spray
4 spray(s)
Spring Onions
4 medium
Garlic
1 clove(s)
Peas, fresh or frozen
650 g
Vegetable stock cube
1 cube(s)
Spinach
100 g
Mint, Fresh
10 g
Half Fat Crème Frâiche
140 g
Lemon
1 zest(s) of 1
Lemon Juice, Fresh
10 ml
Instructions
1
Mist a large, deep pan with cooking spray and put over a medium heat. Add the spring onions and garlic, then cook for 2-3 minutes until starting to soften.
2
Add the peas and stock, then simmer for 10 minutes until the peas are tender. Remove from the heat and reserve a scoop of the peas for the garnish.
3
Add the spinach, mint, 100g crème fraîche, half the lemon zest and all of the lemon juice to the pan. Blend with a hand-held blender until smooth, then season well. Mix the remaining crème fraîche with 3 teaspoons of water. Serve the soup drizzled with the thinned crème fraîche and garnished with the reserved peas, mint leaves and the remaining lemon zest.
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