PEA, MINT AND CHILLI SOUP

Serves 4 Ingredients

■Bunch of spring onions roughly chopped(youcanuseasmallonion if you don’t have spring onions) ■ Medium potato peeled and diced ■ Clove of garlic crushed

■ 850g vegetable stock

■ 250g frozen peas ■1smallgreenchillipepper,chopped and deseeded

■ 4tbsp chopped fresh mint

■ Pinch of sugar

■ 1 tbsp lime juice

■ 1 tbsp double cream to garnish

Method

1. Put the spring onions, potato, garlic and stock into a pot and bring to boil.

2. Turn down the heat and simmer for 15 minutes until the potato has softened.

3. Add the peas to the soup base and simmer for a further five minutes.

4. Stir in the mint, sugar, lime juice and chilli. Cool slightly before pouring into a liquidiser and whiz until it is as smooth as you like your soup.

5. Taste, then season with salt and pepper to suit your taste. Serve with a drizzle of cream – what could be easier!