Pea and ham soup

Name: Pea and ham soup
Total time: 30 min
Cuisine: British
Ingredients: 1 tbsp olive oil; 1 onion, chopped; 1 potato, peeled and diced; 800ml ham or vegetable stock; 500g frozen peas; 150g cooked ham, shredded; 1 tbsp chopped fresh mint, optional

Sweet frozen peas and shredded ham in a quick green soup. Uses leftover ham beautifully.

Nut free

Time30 min
LevelEasy
Costabout £1.00 a head

4 servings

Ingredients

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1 tbspolive oil
1onionchopped
1potatopeeled and diced
800 mlham or vegetable stock
500 gfrozen peas
150 gcooked hamshredded
1 tbspchopped fresh mintoptional

Method

1
Heat the oil in a pan and cook the onion for 5 minutes until soft.
5 min
2
Add the potato and stock and simmer for 10 minutes until the potato is tender.
10 min
3
Add the peas and cook for 3 minutes.
3 min
4
Blend until smooth, leaving a little texture if you like. Stir in the mint.
5
Stir in most of the ham, season carefully as ham can be salty, and serve topped with the remaining ham.

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