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Recipe: Super Frugal Pea, Potato & Lemon Soup
A delicious pretty pale green soup made from everyday basics found in the fridge, freezer and store cupboard. Topping with a puff pastry shape makes this into something more special.
Servings: 2 servings
Ingredients
- 1 tsp vegetable oil
- 1 onion – peeled and roughly chopped
- 500 ml stock – I used chicken but vegetable would work just fine
- 1 large potato – approx 250g – diced into 2cm pieces
- 150 g frozen peas
- Zest and juice of half a lemon
- 1 tsp butter
- Glug of milk
- Salt and pepper to taste
- Scraps of puff pastry
Instructions
- Heat the oil in a medium saucepan, fry the onion until soft and translucent. Add the potato and the stock and allow to simmer for 10 minutes.
- Add the peas, reserving a few for garnish, and the lemon. Season and then simmer until the potato is cooked.
- Use a stick blender to whizz the soup until it is smooth. Defrost the reserved peas by putting them in a mug of boiling water, then drain them.
- Cook your puff pastry scraps or shapes as per the packet instructions.
- If you wish add a knob of butter and some milk to make the soup richer and creamier and adjust the seasoning.
- Serve the soup garnished with the reserved peas and topped with the puff pastry shapes.
- Use vegetable stock and dairy free spread and milk to make this recipe vegan.
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