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Ingredients
for
4
Gourmet Pea Bisque
30 min., ready in 45 min.
Time:
279
calories
Calories:
Health Score:
62 / 100
Ingredientsfor
- 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
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.
Nutritional values
1 serving contains
(Percentage of daily recommendation)
(Percentage of daily recommendation)
| Calorie | 279 cal. | (13 %) | ||
| Protein | 8 g | (8 %) | ||
| Fat | 17 g | (15 %) | ||
| Carbohydrates | 24 g | (16 %) | ||
| Sugar added | 2 g | (8 %) | ||
| Roughage | 5.3 g | (18 %) |
Healthy, because
Healthy, because
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.
Even smarter
Even smarter
Serve this as a starter for your next dinner party or as a meal with some bread on the side.