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Fresh pea & lovage soup
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Fresh pea & lovage soup

8 ingredients 10 min + 10 min Serves 8 openrecipes
Fresh pea & lovage soup

Lovage has a delicate celery-like flavour, but if you can't find it, substitute with mint. This soup is lovely either hot or chilled on a summer day

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Estimated Nutrition (whole recipe, rough)

678
Calories
19g
Protein
14g
Fat
119g
Carbs

Counts 7 of 9 ingredients — the other 2 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
Flour 1 cup (125g) all-purpose 455
Butter 1 tbsp (14g) 102
Peas 1/2 cup (72g) 62
Onion 1 medium (110g) 44
Clove 1 tsp ground (2g) 7
Garlic 1 clove (3g) 4
Olive 1 large (4g) 4
Lovage not in our table 0
Peppermint 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

  • approx 2.5kg fresh peas in their pods (or 900g/2lb podded or frozen), plus 8 whole pods to decorate
  • 100g unsalted butter
  • 175g spring onions
  • 1 garlic clove , finely chopped
  • 1½l vegetable stock
  • 100g crème fraîche
  • bunch lovage (about 10 sprigs), leaves picked (or use a small bunch mint )
  • olive bread , thickly sliced, to serve

Directions

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By bbcgoodfood · Recipe sourced from openrecipes

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