Peascot soup

4 servings

Ingredients

Quantity Ingredient
2 pounds Peas, pods from
1 bunch Spring onions; chopped
2 ounces Butter
1 large Sprig savory
1 small Bunch chives
3 tablespoons Double cream
1 Egg yolk
Salt & pepper

Directions

A recipe for people who grow their own peas, and can't bear to waste the least result of their hard work. Only fresh, juicy pods should be used.

Put peas pods into a large pan, and cover them generously with water.

Boil until the green part of the pods is soft. Put through the mouli-legumes (the tough white papery parts will be left behind).

Meanwhile in another pan, melt the butter and sweat the onions until softened without browning them. Add the pea pod liquid, and the savory; season well and simmer until the onions are cooked.

Liquidize or sieve the soup and return to the pan to reheat. Pour a little of the hot, almost boiling soup into a bowl, in which you have beaten the egg yolk with the cream. Whisk well and return to the pan.

Stir over a gentle heat until the soup thickens a little, but don't let it boil or the egg will curdle. Correct the seasoning. Serve with the chives snipped over the soup.

NOTE; if a few peas can be spared, add them when the strained pod liqor is amalgamated with onions and savory. The flavour will be even more delicious.

Recipe from Jane Grigson's "Good Things" ISBN 0 14 046.191 4 Submitted By IAN HOARE On 05-27-95

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