Pea and Crab Soup

Name: Pea and Crab Soup
Prep time: 20 min
Cook time: 15 min
Total time: 35 min
Yield: Serves 4
Ingredients: sea salt; extra virgin olive oil, for drizzling; cayenne pepper, to serve; 100–150 g/3½–5½ oz white and brown crab meat (a half-and-half mix is perfect); 100–150 g/3½–5½ oz white and brown crab meat (a half-and-half mix is perfect); 100–150 g/3½–5½ oz white and brown crab meat (a half-and-half mix is perfect); a squeeze of lemon juice; 1 bay leaf; 600 ml/21 fl oz/2½ cups fish stock; 400 g/14 oz/2⅔ cups frozen peas; 75 g/2½ oz parsley leaves and stalks, roughly chopped; 2 tbsp olive oil; 1 onion, sliced; 2 garlic cloves, crushed; 2 strips of peeled lemon zest

Preparation info

Serves
4

Difficulty
Easy
Ready in
35 min

Appears in

In the Mood for Healthy Food

By Jo Pratt

Published 2015

About

I love making pea soup, mainly because it’s so quick to make, uses very few basic ingredients and yet tastes amazing. Peas are really good for you as they are high in vitamin C, but to make this soup even healthier I’ve added a rather large amount of parsley. A common herb that often gets taken for granted, it is in fact very high in essential oils that are great for your kidneys (and known to be cancer protective) and a great source of folate (a very important nutrient for women who are lo

Ingredients

Starter
Pescatarian
Gluten-free
Soup

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Method