Green Pea Soup Ingredients:
2 pints of white stock,
1 / 2 a pint of water,
1 quart of peas, shelled,
a handful of spinach to improve the color,
a little mint,
2 ounces of butter or good dripping,
1 dessertspoonful of flour,
salt and pepper.
Melt 1 ounce of butter or dripping in a stewpan, put in the peas, spinach and mint.
Put on the cover and let them steam in the butter for about 15 to 20 minutes.
Add the stock and water and some of the pea shells if young and soft
[ they should of course be first washed in cold water ] boil quickly until tender.
Strain and rub the vegetables through a fine sieve.
Melt the remainder of the fat in the stewpan, sprinkle in the flour.
Add the stock and puree and stir until boiling.
Season to taste and serve with croutons of fried bread.
If preferred, a few cooked green peas
a little cream may be added to the soup before serving.
Cooking time from 1 1/4 to 1 1/2 hours.
Sufficient for 6 persons.
source chez_arlette
