Pea(ce) and Mint Soup

Ingredients

• 2 medium onions, sliced
• 2 small steaks of celery, sliced
• 3 cloves of garlic, smashed
• 500g fresh or frozen peas, if fresh use 2kg of pods
• 40g mint, leaves picked and chopped, save the stalks
• 100g spring onions, sliced
• 1/2 cos lettuce, finely shredded

Method

1. Fry the onions, celery and garlic very gently until soft, 20 mins or so with the lid on. Try not to brown them.
2. Add the peas, mint stalks (tied together with string) and spring onions. Add 600mls of boiling water and simmer for 5 minutes.
3. Stir in the lettuce and, once this is wilted, add the chopped mint leaves. Bring to the boil, then take it off the heat and pull out the mint stalks.
4. Blend to a smooth puree. Serve this soup hot or chilled.