I started off my adventure with a recipe I was familiar with: Pea soup with croutons (I originally had the idea to make a soup recipe every week, but I'm more of a soup fan than the rest of my family, so I dropped that plan rather quickly). The recipe is from the German cooking book "Kochen -- die junge Schule" (not in print anymore).
Ingredients:1 table spoon butter2 onions (this was before I discovered that one can purchase pre-chopped onions...)1 kg frozen peas3/4 l water1/8 l heavy creamsalt, peppersugarfor the croutons: 6 slices of toast1 table spoon buttersalt pepper
Preparation:
Chop onions, cut toas slices into small cubes
Melt butter, sautee onions, add peas, add water, bring to a boil, then simmer for 10 mins
Puree soup, add cream, add salt, pepper, and sugar
Melt butter in pan, add bread cubes, roast for 4 minutes, add salt
Comfortably feeds 4.
Verdict: 6/10
Feels 'green' and tastes of spring (one might add a little mint?). Boring without croutons. I'd add some whipped cream. (No picture available, but the soup looks bright green.)
