When I saw that the ingredient list for this recipe included frozen peas I bookmarked it. For some reason when I am in Trader Joe's I always buy frozen peas. The only thing I use them for is the Minty Pea Dip or Fried Rice. I would never cook up some peas as a side dish or use them for anything else so I'm not sure why I mentally insist on having them readily available. Therefore I usually have a bag that is hardening into a solid mass of ice and peas, slowly getting freezer burnt. I figured this would be a good use of that bag.
Green Pea Soup
Adapted from the Cooks dot com and Simply Recipes version
1/2 cup onion
1 Tablespoon of butter
2 cups peas
2 cups vegetable broth
5-6 mint leaves
1/2 cup heavy cream
Salt and pepper
Saute onion in butter over medium heat until softened. Add broth and peas and bring to a boil. Boil for 5 minutes, add mint leaves and reduce to a simmer. Simmer for about 10 minutes, until peas are softened. Remove from heat and pick out mint leaves. Puree with an immersion blender or in a blender then add 1/2 cup of heavy cream and salt and pepper.
This was a really easy recipe but has the same issues as my butternut squash soup. One main ingredient makes it kinda one dimensional. Not a soup I will eat every night for a week but definitely one I will have as a side dish with lunch for a couple of days. I added croutons (wheat bread, toasted and sliced into squares) which added a mildly interesting element but overall not very exciting. I did use up that bag of peas; although I now have a whole clump of fresh mint that needs to be used in the next few days. Mojitos?
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