HAM, LEEK AND PEA SOUP
Ingredients
- 1 tbsp olive oil
- ¼ onion
- chopped
- 25g/1oz gammon chopped
- 4 baby leeks
- chopped
- 100g/3½oz fresh peas
- 150ml/5fl oz chicken stock
- salt and freshly ground black pepper
- 1 tbsp double cream
Directions
- Heat the oil in a medium saucepan. Add the onion
- gammon and leeks and cook for four minutes.
- Add the peas and stock to the saucepan and cook for 3-4 minutes.
- Transfer the mixture into the bowl of a food processor and season with salt and freshly ground black pepper. Blend the mixture until the soup has a smooth texture. Pour the soup back into a saucepan and simmer until hot all the way through
- but not boiling.
- To serve
- pour the soup into a clean bowl and garnish with the double cream.

