Pea and Mint Soup

Today for lunch we had a fresh and healthy Pea and Mint Soup. Perfect for Spring...even if the weather was decidedly Wintery. For 4 portions you'll need:

1 onion, finely chopped

1 garlic clove, crushed

1 large potato, peeled and diced

300g frozen peas

850ml vegetable stock

3 tbsp chopped mint

2 tbsp creme fraiche

Heat approx 1 tbsp olive oil in a saucepan. Gently sweat the onion and garlic on a low heat for 5 minutes. Add the potato, stir and cook for a couple more minutes.

Pour in the vegetable stock, bring to the boil, leave to simmer for 15 minutes until the potatoes are soft. Add the peas and cook for another 5 minutes - no longer or you'll lose the fresh pea taste.

Stir in the mint, season to taste and leave to cool slightly. You can pour into a blender and whizz, or to make life easier, I use a hand held blender and do it in the pan.

To serve, re-heat, ladle into bowls, then stir through the creme fraiche. Delicious.

Toby certainly enjoyed his!