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Fresh Pea Soup with Lemon Crème Fraîche
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Fresh Pea Soup with Lemon Crème Fraîche

9 ingredients 8 steps fandom
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Estimated Nutrition (whole recipe, rough)

430
Calories
37g
Protein
21g
Fat
23g
Carbs

Counts 7 of 8 ingredients — the other 1 aren't in our nutrition table and contribute nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume — 7 portions →
Ingredient Portion assumed kcal
Chicken 100g cooked 165
Butter 1 tbsp (14g) 102
Pea 1/2 cup (72g) 62
Cream 1 tbsp (15ml) heavy 51
Onion 1 medium (110g) 44
Black Pepper 1 tsp ground (2.3g) 6
Salt 1 tsp (6g) 0
Water not in our table 0

Totals for the whole recipe, adding one typical portion per ingredient — listed above. Quantities in the recipe are not counted, so this is a rough guide only — not suitable for medical or dietary planning.

Ingredients

  • 4½ pounds fresh garden peas
  • 1 tablespoon unsalted butter
  • 10 green onions thinly sliced
  • 2½ cups chicken stock
  • 2 cups water
  • ½ cup heavy cream
  • 1 teaspoon salt
  • 1 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper
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Directions

1

Shell the peas reserving 8 of the pods.

2

Set the peas and pods aside.

3

Have ready a large bowl of ice water in which a soup pot can be nested.

4

In the soup pot over medium heat melt the butter then add green onions and cook stirring occasionally until soft about 5minutes.

5

Increase heat to medium-high and add the peas, the reserved pods, chicken stock and water then bring to a boil, reduce heat to medium-low and simmer until peas and pods are tender about 5 minutes then remove from heat and nest pot in bowl of ice water.

6

Stir occasionally until cool about 20 minutes.

7

Using a blender and working in batches purée the cooled pea mixture on high speed until smooth about 3 minutes per batch.

8

Strain through a fine-mesh sieve into a clean saucepan then stir in the cream and season to taste with salt and pepper.

Recipe sourced from fandom

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