Gourmet Pea Bisque
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Health Score:
6,9 / 10
Difficulty:
moderate
Difficulty
Preparation:
30 min.
Preparation
ready in 45 min.
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Healthy, because
Even smarter
Pea soup is extremely healthy because it is full of nutritious vegetables and it is a light, low calorie way to get a serving of vitamins and fiber.
Serve this as a starter for your next dinner party or as a meal with some bread on the side.
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Ingredients
for
4
- For the soup
- 1 Leek (sliced into rings, washed, and dried)
- 1 Tbsp butter
- 2 cups freshly shelled or frozen peas
- 3 cups vegetable stock
- ⅜ cup cream
- 4 Tbsps Crème fraiche
- salt
- peppers
- sugar
Preparation steps
1.
For the soup: Heat the butter in a saucepan and sweat the leek until tender. Add the peas and vegetable stock and simmer for 15 minutes.
2.
Puree until smooth (keeping back a few peas if desired), pass through a sieve, and pour back into the pan. Stir in the cream (return the whole peas to the pan), season with sugar, salt, and pepper and reheat.
3.
For the croutons: Cut the crusts off the bread, cut into cubes and fry in butter on all sides. To serve, ladle into bowls, sprinkle with croutons and place a few blobs of crème fraiche in each bowl. Serve garnished with mint.