Pea & mint chilled soup

Name: Pea & mint chilled soup | Asda Good Living
Total time: 4 h 15 min
Yield: 6
Cuisine: British
Ingredients: 1 tbsp olive oil; 2 shallots, finely chopped; 1 stick celery, sliced; 1 clove garlic, crushed; 500g frozen peas; 3 tbsp fresh mint, chopped, plus a few small, whole leaves, to garnish; 450ml vegetable stock; 5 tbsp reduced-fat crème fraîche

It’s one of the great British flavour combinations – but served cold, like a Spanish gazpacho.

By Asda Good Living,21st September 2015

(1 votes)

Cook: 4 Hours 15 Mins

Serves: 6

Price: 31p per serving

Nutritional Information

Each 201g serving contains

Energy
699kj
167kcal

Fat
10.7g

Med
15%

Saturates
5.8g

Med
29%

Sugars
3g

Low
3%

Salt
0.4g

Med
7%

of your 5-a-day

of your reference intake.
Typical energy values per 100g:
348kj/83kcal

Ingredients

1 tbsp olive oil

2 shallots, finely chopped

1 stick celery, sliced

1 clove garlic, crushed

500g frozen peas

3 tbsp fresh mint, chopped, plus a few small, whole leaves, to garnish

450ml vegetable stock

5 tbsp reduced-fat crème fraîche

Method

Heat the oil in a pan and cook the shallots and celery for 4-5 minutes. Add the garlic and cook for a further minute.

Add the peas, chopped mint and stock. Simmer for 5 minutes. Allow to cool slightly, then stir in the crème fraîche. Season, then blitz with a handheld blender until smooth. Leave to cool, then chill for at least 4 hours.

Serve cold in teacups, with an ice cube (optional) plus whole mint leaves to garnish.