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Pea & watercress soup
- Preparation and cooking time
- Prep:
- Cook:
- Easy
- Serves 4
Ingredients
- 1 tbsp olive oil
- 1 onion, finely chopped
- 1 garlic clove, roughly chopped
- 1 medium potato, cut into small chunks
- 500ml vegetable stock
- 300g fresh peas (or frozen if out of season)
- 100g watercress
- leaves from 2 mint sprigs, plus extra to garnish
- 100ml double cream
Method
- STEP 1
Heat the oil in a large saucepan, then gently fry the onion and garlic for 5 mins or until soft. Add the potato, stock and 500ml water, then simmer for 7 mins until the potato is just cooked.
- STEP 2
Scatter in the peas and watercress, stir, cover, then simmer for 3 mins. Add the mint leaves and blitz with a hand blender until smooth. Stir in the cream and season to taste. Serve ladled into bowls, scattered with more mint and some cracked black pepper.