Tuesday 19 November 2013

French pea soup


Ingredients For French Pea Soup:


Green peas 1 1/2 cup
Butter 2 tbsp
Onion 1
Garlic 2-3 cloves
Leeks 1 tbsp
Iceberg Lettuce 2-3
Salt to taste
Black pepper to taste
Mint leaves 7-8
Vegetable stock as required
Cream 2 tbsp
Red capsicum few 
strips

Method:
Heat butter, add onion, garlic and leeks and sauté for 1 minute.
Add green peas, lettuce leaves, 1 cup water, salt and pepper powder and mix.
Add mint leaves and let the mixture come to a boil.
Cover and cook for 2-3 minutes.
Strain the peas and cool.
Purée with a little cold stock.
Pour this back into the pan and heat.
Adjust salt. Add cream and mix.
To serve place red capsicum strips in the centre of a soup bowl. 
Pour the soup all around it and serve hot.

French Pea Soup by Zarnak Sidhwa

Zarnak's wardrobe for this episode was sponsored by Flairs by Naureen Fayyaz


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