French Pea and Mint Soup

Ingredients

• 1½ cups shelled green peas
• 2 tbsps butter
• 1 medium onion, roughly chopped
• 2-3 garlic cloves, crushed
• 1 tbsp chopped leeks
• 2-3 iceberg lettuce leaves
• Salt to taste
• Black pepper powder to taste
• 7-8 fresh mint leaves
• Vegetable stock, as required
• 2 tbsps cream
• Few thin strips of red capsicum 

Method

1.  Heat butter in a nonstick pan, add onion, garlic and leeks and saute for 1 minute.
2. Add green peas, lettuce leaves, 1 cup water, salt and pepper powder and mix.
3. Add mint leaves and let the mixture come to a boil.  Cover and cook for 2-3 minutes.
4. Strain the peas and cool.  Put them into a mixer jar and puree with a little cold stock.
5. Pour this back into the pan and heat.  Adjust salt.
6. Add cream and mix.
7. To serve place red capsicum strips in the center of a soup bowl, pour the soup all around it and serve hot.

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