Fresh Pea Soup with Mint

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Fresh Pea Soup With Mint

 

Recipe By :#CL9676: Dollar Daze: Budget Gourmet (adapted)

Serving Size : 4 Preparation Time :0:20

Categories : Soups & Stews

 

Amount Measure Ingredient -- Preparation Method

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1 1/2 cups chopped onion

1 tablespoon unsalted butter

6 cups shelled fresh or frozen peas

5 cups low-salt imitation chicken broth

1 tablespoon chopped fresh mint leaves

freshly ground white pepper -- to taste

2/3 cup well-shaken buttermilk

toasted French bread -- for accompaniment if desired

 

In a saucepan cook onion in butter, covered, over moderate heat, stirring

occasionally, 5 minutes, or until tender. Add peas and

broth and simmer, uncovered, 5 minutes, or until peas are tender. Stir in mint.

 

In a blender purée soup until smooth and pour through a coarse sieve back into

pan. Heat soup over moderate heat until hot and

remove pan from heat. Add white pepper and salt, to taste, and stir in all but 4

teaspoons buttermilk.

 

Divide soup between 4 bowls and gently spoon remaining buttermilk onto each

serving.

 

Source:

" Gourmet Magazine "

S(Formatted by):

" KETS on 05/01/01 "

Yield:

" 6 cups "

Start to Finish Time:

" 0:45 "

 

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Per Serving (excluding unknown items): 279 Calories; 7g Fat (19.3% calories from

fat); 28g Protein; 41g Carbohydrate; 12g Dietary

Fiber; 9mg Cholesterol; 106mg Sodium. Exchanges: 2 Grain(Starch); 1 1/2 Lean

Meat; 1 Vegetable; 0 Non-Fat Milk; 1/2 Fat.

 

 

Nutr. Assoc. : 0 0 26079 0 904152 1630 228 0