Nigella’s Pea and Pesto Soup

This is a great recipe from Nigella Lawson’s Express book (a great one to have on the shelf for inspiration). It is so quick to make, and I am a soup addict in the winter and love nothing more then taking my flask to work knowing I have a yummy soup it eat... much more inviting then an instant one. I love making soup as well as I find it extremely therapeutic, however I can’t be bothered with straining or any faffing around, which makes this soup perfect. I would however stress that it is rather ‘flavoursome’ and not ideal if you have a meeting planned, or plan on getting close to anyone. But if you love pesto you will LOVE it.

Pea and Pesto Soup – Makes enough for 2 bowls

Ingredients:

750ml water
375g frozen peas
2 spring onions, trimmed but whole
1 teaspoon Maldon salt or 1/2 teaspoon table salt
1/2 teaspoon lime juice
4 x 15ml tablespoons fresh pesto

The quickest way to proceed is to fill a kettle first and put it on to boil. When it’s boiled, measure the amount you need into a pan and put on the hob to come back to the boil.

Fill a thermos with the remaining hot water.

Add the frozen peas, spring onions, salt and lime juice to the pan and let everything bubble together for 7 minutes.

Discard the spring onions and blitz the peas and their liquid with the pesto in a blender.

Empty the thermos flask that you’ve left filled with hot water and then pour in the soup, making sure you screw the top on securely.

That recipe is from Nigella.Com, there lots on there to search through – definitely a good resource.

Sarah