NORTH CROATIAN GREEN PEAS SOUP

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This is one of my grandmother recipes I have decipher from her manuscript. I am making the soup today, so this is how it goes:

Provided by nitko

Categories     Vegetable

Time 1h

Yield 5 portions, 5 serving(s)

Number Of Ingredients 14

500 g green peas (fresh)
150 g onions (spring or green onion)
100 g carrots (or one medium carrot)
100 g bacon (dried, smoked pancetta)
5 g fresh parsley leaves
5 g celery leaves
50 g butter
1 tablespoon flour (all purpose)
1 liter beef stock
50 g sour cream
1/8 teaspoon thyme
1 teaspoon chives (minced)
5 g salt
3 g pepper

Steps:

  • Clean the green peas and put it into hot water for 5 minutes. Grate of slice carrot and sauté on butter; after a while, mince onion and sauté both on butter until onion is translucent.
  • Add finely sliced pancetta and sauté not more than 5 minutes. Add flour and fry about 2 minutes, than add cold water and make creamy liquid (like sauce veloute).
  • Cut green parts of spring onion, mince parsley and celery leaves and add into pot. Add green pea and about 1 liter of beef stock. Add salt and pepper.
  • Cook until green peas are soft. When soft, remove green pea and blend it into puree (leave 1/6 of peas untouched). You can blend it with stick blender so you do not have to remove geen pea. Add thyme and cook 15 minutes.
  • At the end add sour cream and minced chive. Serve with croutons.

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