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Pea and ham soup
- Preparation and cooking time
- Total time
- Easy
- Serves 4
Ingredients
- 25g butter
- 6 spring onions, roughly chopped
- 500g frozen petit pois
- 600ml strong vegetable or chicken stock
- 300g thick-cut ham, chopped
Method
- STEP 1
Melt the butter in a pan and cook the spring onions for 5 minutes until softened. Add the peas and stock, bring back to a simmer then cook for 3 minutes. Stir in a small handful of the chopped ham, simmer for 2 minutes then take off the heat and use a hand blender to whizz everything together. Season, stir in the rest of the ham then serve.