Green Pea Soup

Yeild: 6 lit

Ingredients:

• 60 g butter
• 170 g onions, diced
• 4 lit chicken stock
• 3 kg fresh or frozen peas
• to taste salt
• to taste ground white pepper
• 250 ml heavy cream

Garnish:

• 350 ml heavy cream
• 60 g fresh mint leaves, shredded

Procedure:

1. heat butter in a sauce pot over moderate low heat
2. add onions ... sweat onions ... do not brown
3. add stock ... bring to boil
4. add peas ... simmer till peas are soft ... about 5 mins
5. puree soup with a blender
6. return stock to a simmer ... add additional stock to get the right consistency
7. adjust seasoning to taste
8. before serving ... heat heavy cream ... stir into soup
9. whipped cream for garnish to form peak ... fold in shredded mint leaves
10. place a tablespoon of the whipped cream with mint leaves on top of the soup