Green pea and lettuce soup

Name: Green pea and lettuce soup
Yield: Feeds four
Ingredients: 4 leeks; head of butter lettuce, outer leaves removed; 1 tbsp sugar; 2 cups green peas, podded; head of butter lettuce, outer leaves removed; sea salt and freshly ground black pepper; sea salt and freshly ground black pepper; 1 bunch spinach; 2 tbsp butter; 1 tbsp butter; 1 tbsp chopped parsley; 1 tbsp chopped chervil; 1.5 litres (3 pints) water or chicken broth; 1.5 litres (3 pints) water or chicken broth

Preparation info

Feeds
four

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

Old Food

By Jill Dupleix

Published 1998

About

A very sophisticated pea and lettuce soup known as potage Saint-Germain, named for the Comte de Saint-Germain, war minister under Louis XV, and probably created to celebrate the relatively new concept of fresh green peas. I’ve added a bunch of spinach for extra brightness of colour and flavour, and because I like spinach.

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Gluten-free

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