Easy pea & mint soup

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Barney Desmazery

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Recipe by Barney Desmazery

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1. Tip the frozen peas into a blender and pour over the hot water from a kettle. Leave the peas to defrost, then reserve 1 tbsp peas. Add a handful mint and the vegetable bouillon powder to the rest. Blitz until smooth, then chill. Serve, drizzled with cream and scattered with some chopped mint and the reserved peas.

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Ingredients

• 450g bag frozen peas
• 800ml hot water (straight from the kettle)
• 1 tbsp vegetable bouillon powder
• small handful of chopped fresh mint , to serve
• cream , to serve

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Prep 5 mins

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Ingredients

• 450g bag frozen peas
• 800ml hot water (straight from the kettle)
• 1 tbsp vegetable bouillon powder
• small handful of chopped fresh mint , to serve
• cream , to serve

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