Name: Potage de Pois Frais (Potage of Fresh Peas)
Cuisine: French
Ingredients: ¼ pound butter; 2 teaspoons salt; Chunk of butter; 1 cup (about) shredded sorrel; Croutons; 2 pounds fresh peas, shelled (or 1 package frozen peas); 1 tablespoon sugar; 2 potatoes, sliced; 6 cups water; 2 leeks; 2 carrots, diced; 1 cup (packed) shredded lettuce; 1 onion, diced

Preparation info

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

Hows and Whys of French Cooking

By Alma Lach

Published 1974

About

Ingredients

¼ pound butter
2 pounds fresh peas, shelled (or 1 package

Method

Put butter, peas, lettuce, onion, sliced leeks (to clean leeks, and carrots into saucepan. Cover and simmer for about 30 minutes. Add water, potatoes, sugar, and salt. Cook another 30 minutes.
When done press through food mill. Rinse pan. Put chunk of butter into soup saucepan. Add sorrel and sauté 1 minute. Add puréed soup