Name: Spinach soup
Total time: 25 min
Yield: Serves 4
Ingredients: olive oil; 4 spring onions sliced; 1 clove garlic crushed; 1 large (about 250g) potato peeled and diced; 600ml veg stock; 200g spinach chopped; a small bunch mint leaves picked; 200g frozen peas defrosted; 2 tbsp half-fat crème fraîche plus more to serve

Three bowls of green spinach and pea soup, with a swirl of creme fraîche

 olive oil
4 spring onions
sliced
1 clove garlic
crushed
1 large (about 250g) potato
peeled and diced
600ml veg stock
200g spinach
chopped
a small bunch mint
leaves picked
200g frozen peas
defrosted
2 tbsp half-fat crème fraîche
plus more to serve

Method

step 1
Heat 1 tsp olive oil in a pan and fry the spring onion and garlic for 1 minute. Add the potato and stock and simmer until the potato is very tender. Add the spinach, mint and ¾ of the peas and simmer for 5 minutes, then add the crème fraîche and blend with a stick blender. Season then serve with an extra swirl of crème fraîche and the remaining peas.

Ingredients

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Method

step 1

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