Enjoy this chilled minted soup made using sweet peas – perfect for a side.
Chilled Minted Sweet Pea Soup
- Prep Time 20 min
- Total 1 hr 40 min
- Servings 8
- Ingredients 10
Ingredients
- 1 tablespoon butter or margarine
- 1/3 cup sliced green onions
- 2 boxes (9 oz each) frozen baby sweet peas
- 1 1/4 cups vegetable broth (from 14-oz can)
- 1 cup buttermilk
- 1/4 cup chopped fresh mint leaves
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- Crème fraîche or sour cream, if desired
- Fresh mint leaves, if desired
- Additional freshly ground pepper, if desired
Instructions
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Step1In 3-quart saucepan, melt butter over medium heat. Cook onions in butter, stirring frequently, until tender. Add peas and broth; heat to simmering. Cook 10 minutes, stirring occasionally. Remove from heat; cool 20 minutes.
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Step2In blender, place pea mixture, buttermilk, chopped mint and salt. Cover; blend on medium-high speed about 1 minute, stopping frequently to scrape sides, until smooth. Pour into large bowl. Cover; refrigerate about 1 hour or until well chilled. Garnish individual servings with crème fraîche, mint leaves and pepper.
Nutrition
80
Calories
3g
Total Fat
5g
Protein
11g
Total Carbohydrate
Nutrition Facts
Serving Size: 1 Serving
- Calories
- 80
- Total Fat
- 3g
- 0%
- Saturated Fat
- 1 1/2g
- 0%
- Sodium
- 350mg
- 0%
- Total Carbohydrate
- 11g
- 0%
- Dietary Fiber
- 3g
- 0%
- Protein
- 5g
% Daily Value*:
- Vitamin A
- 0%
- 0%
- Vitamin C
- 0%
- 0%
- Calcium
- 0%
- 0%
- Iron
- 0%
- 0%
Exchanges:
1 Starch; 1/2 Fat;Carbohydrate Choice
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