In the culinary world, chilled soups have carved a niche for themselves, offering a refreshing and flavorful respite from the ordinary. Among these chilled delights, the chilled fresh pea and lettuce soup stands out with its vibrant green hue, crisp texture, and delicate sweetness. This soup is a delightful symphony of flavors, where the natural sweetness of fresh peas harmonizes with the subtle bitterness of lettuce, resulting in a refreshing and invigorating experience. The addition of herbs like mint and chives adds a touch of aromatic freshness, while a hint of lemon juice brightens the flavors, creating a well-balanced and nuanced soup. Served chilled, this soup is perfect for warm summer days or as a light and healthy appetizer. This article presents a collection of chilled fresh pea and lettuce soup recipes, each offering a unique twist on this classic dish.
Check out the recipes below so you can choose the best recipe for yourself!
FRESH PEA SOUP
Steps:
- Heat the butter in a large saucepan, add the leeks and onion, and cook over medium-low heat for 5 to 10 minutes, until the onion is tender. Add the chicken stock, increase the heat to high, and bring to a boil. Add the peas and cook for 3 to 5 minutes, until the peas are tender. (Frozen peas will take only 3 minutes.) Off the heat, add the mint, salt, and pepper.
- *Puree the soup in batches: place 1 cup of soup in a blender, place the lid on top, and puree on low speed. With the blender still running, open the venthole in the lid and slowly add more soup until the blender is three-quarters full. Pour the soup into a large bowl and repeat until all the soup is pureed. Whisk in the creme fraiche and chives and taste for seasoning. Serve hot with garlic croutons.
CHILLED FRESH PEA AND LETTUCE SOUP
Make and share this Chilled Fresh Pea and Lettuce Soup recipe from Food.com.
Provided by Alia55
Categories Low Protein
Time 1h30m
Yield 4 serving(s)
Number Of Ingredients 11
Steps:
- In soup pot or large saucepan, melt butter.
- Add leeks and cook until tender but not brown.
- Stir in lettuce and cook until wilted.
- Add peas and combine well.
- Add stock, parsley, tarragon, chervil, pepper and just a sprinkling of salt.
- Bring mixture to a boil; reduce heat and cover and cook until peas are tender, about 30 minutes.
- Puree soup in a blender.
- Chill thoroughly.
- Stir in cream.
- Taste and adjust seasoning.
- Adjust consistency with additional stock or cream if necessary.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 500.3, Fat 31.5, SaturatedFat 18.3, Cholesterol 104, Sodium 432.2, Carbohydrate 40.1, Fiber 9.2, Sugar 15, Protein 16.7
CHILLED PEA SOUP SHOOTERS
Enjoy pea soup in a whole new way! The garnish is curried crab, which will catch everyone by surprise. -Taste of Home Test Kitchen, Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Provided by Taste of Home
Categories Appetizers Lunch
Time 20m
Yield 2 dozen.
Number Of Ingredients 14
Steps:
- Place the peas, broth, mint, lime juice, cumin and salt in a blender. Cover and process until smooth. Add yogurt; process until blended. Refrigerate for at least 1 hour., Meanwhile, in a small bowl, whisk the mint, lime juice, oil, curry paste and salt. Add crabmeat; toss gently to coat. Chill until serving., To serve, pour soup into shot glasses; garnish with crab mixture.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 40 calories, Fat 1g fat (0 saturated fat), Cholesterol 20mg cholesterol, Sodium 216mg sodium, Carbohydrate 4g carbohydrate (2g sugars, Fiber 1g fiber), Protein 3g protein. Diabetic Exchanges
LETTUCE AND PEA SOUP
Categories Soup/Stew Milk/Cream Blender Leafy Green Quick & Easy Lunch Pea Spring Dill Lettuce Gourmet Wheat/Gluten-Free Peanut Free Tree Nut Free Soy Free No Sugar Added
Yield Makes 4 servings
Number Of Ingredients 11
Steps:
- Separate dark green outer leaves of romaine from pale green inner leaves and coarsely chop enough dark green leaves to measure 6 cups loosely packed. (Reserve heart for another use.)
- Cook onion in butter in a 3- to 4-quart heavy saucepan over moderate heat, stirring occasionally, until softened, about 5 minutes. Add garlic and cook, stirring, 1 minute. Add lettuce and cook, stirring, until wilted, about 2 minutes. Add peas, broth, water, salt, and pepper and simmer, uncovered, 10 minutes.
- Purée soup in 2 batches in a blender with dill and cream (use caution when blending hot liquids).
CHILLED PEA-MINT SOUP
Buttermilk-simmered peas, plenty of mint, a touch of salt: That's it. The chef Daniel Patterson brought the recipe to The Times in 2007. It benefits mightily not just from the use of fresh peas, but from real, homemade buttermilk as well, "nothing like the cultured, processed stuff that goes by the same name," he wrote. This is true, as it happens, but luckily fresh buttermilk can increasingly be found at farmer's markets and in specialty markets. Top the chilled soup with a few peas and a grind or two of fresh black pepper.
Provided by Daniel Patterson
Categories soups and stews, appetizer
Time 15m
Yield Serves 4
Number Of Ingredients 5
Steps:
- In a medium saucepan, bring the buttermilk to a simmer and add 4 cups of peas and a large pinch of salt. Simmer for 1 to 2 minutes over medium heat, stirring often so that the buttermilk does not boil over. The peas should not be fully cooked and still have a slight bite to them.
- Transfer the peas and liquid immediately to a blender with the mint leaves and, starting on low speed, carefully blend (holding the lid on firmly with a dishcloth), working up to high speed for 60 seconds.
- In order to preserve the vibrant color and flavor of the peas, the soup must be cooled immediately. Pass through a fine-mesh sieve into a bowl, then rest the bowl inside a larger bowl full of ice water. Stir continuously until cool, tasting occasionally; you will notice that the soup becomes sweeter as it cools. Adjust seasoning with salt and black pepper. Refrigerate until cold.
- To serve, ladle soup into bowls and top with fresh peas and freshly ground black pepper.
Nutrition Facts : @context http, Calories 50, UnsaturatedFat 0 grams, Carbohydrate 6 grams, Fat 1 gram, Fiber 0 grams, Protein 4 grams, SaturatedFat 1 gram, Sodium 287 milligrams, Sugar 6 grams
LETTUCE AND PEA SOUP
Categories Soup/Stew Dairy Leafy Green Vegetable Quick & Easy Summer Gourmet
Yield Serves 2
Number Of Ingredients 9
Steps:
- In a saucepan cook onion in oil over moderate heat, stirring, until softened, about 10 minutes. Stir in romaine and cook, stirring, until wilted. Stir in 1 1/2 cups broth, peas, sugar, marjoram, nutmeg, and salt and pepper to taste and simmer soup 10 minutes.
- In a blender purée soup in batches until smooth, adding additional broth to thin to desired consistency. If serving soup hot, return it to pan whisk in sour cream. Heat soup, stirring, until just heated through, but do not let it boil. If serving soup cold, transfer it to a bowl and whisk in sour cream. Set bowl in a larger bowl of ice and cold water and chill soup, stirring occasionally, 15 minutes, or until cool.
CUCUMBER, PEA & LETTUCE SOUP
Treat as a healthy lunch or vegetarian starter, this simple and refreshing vibrant green soup is low in calories and features three of your five-a-day
Provided by Good Food team
Categories Lunch, Soup, Starter
Time 20m
Number Of Ingredients 8
Steps:
- Boil 1.4 litres water in a kettle. Heat the oil in a large non-stick frying pan and cook the spring onions for 5 mins, stirring frequently, or until softened. Add the cucumber, lettuce and peas, then pour in the boiled water. Stir in the bouillon, cover and simmer for 10 mins or until the vegetables are soft but still bright green.
- Blitz the mixture with a hand blender until smooth. Serve hot or cold, topped with yogurt (if you like), with rye bread alongside.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 156 calories, Fat 3 grams fat, Carbohydrate 21 grams carbohydrates, Sugar 7 grams sugar, Fiber 7 grams fiber, Protein 8 grams protein, Sodium 0.6 milligram of sodium
PEA AND LETTUCE SOUP
This is a french recipe my mum copied from a library cook book. I make it a bit differently to the original recipe and have included the changes that I have made in brackets. Please let me know if it is confusing. Everone (so far!) loves my adaptation, it has a great flavour and is just so smooth and creamy. We usually eat this with baked vegetables and buttered green beans mixed with chopped fresh tomato. I hope you like this as much as we all do! Cooking time is only approximate as I haven't taken note of this and is for my adapted version.
Provided by Jacquie in Brisbane
Categories Greens
Time 40m
Yield 4-6 serving(s)
Number Of Ingredients 9
Steps:
- Cook onion gently in butter.
- Add stock and peas, simmer until peas are tender.
- Add lettuce and cook until wilted.
- Add milk and puree until smooth.
- Reheat in pan, season with salt and pepper.
- Serve with a swirl of cream and chopped mint.
PEA, LETTUCE & CELERY SOUP RECIPE - (3.8/5)
Provided by ltrodrigu
Number Of Ingredients 17
Steps:
- Heat oil and butter in a heavy saucepan over medium heat. Add leeks, celery and onions, and cook until soft, about 10 minutes. Add boiling vegetable stock, salt, pepper and sugar to pan and return to boil. Cook until slightly reduced, 8 minutes more. Add peas and simmer until heated through, 2 minutes more. Off heat, add lettuce, parsley and mint to soup. Use a blender to purée until very smooth. Adjust seasoning as needed. Return soup to heat. Stir in cream. If too thick, stir in a little more hot stock. Ladle soup into heated bowls and serve immediately. If desired, garnish each portion with fried diced chorizo, pancetta, bacon, prosciutto, croutons and/or chopped, toasted hazelnuts.
CREAMY CHILLED BASIL, PEA & LETTUCE SOUP
A smart starter that's easy to make and has a summery, delicate taste
Provided by Good Food team
Categories Dinner, Lunch, Soup, Supper
Time 15m
Number Of Ingredients 5
Steps:
- Cook the peas in boiling water for 3 mins. Drain and cool with cold running water. Put the peas, basil, lettuce, vegetable stock and 3⁄4 of the crème fraîche together in a blender and process until smooth. Do this in two batches. Season, cover and chill for at least 1 hr before serving. Add a swirl of remaining crème fraîche and serve.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 263 calories, Fat 21 grams fat, SaturatedFat 13 grams saturated fat, Carbohydrate 11 grams carbohydrates, Fiber 4 grams fiber, Protein 8 grams protein, Sodium 1 milligram of sodium
Tips:
- For the best flavor, use fresh peas and lettuce. If fresh peas are unavailable, frozen peas can be substituted.
- To make the soup extra creamy, use heavy cream or crème fraîche instead of milk.
- Add a pinch of cayenne pepper or red pepper flakes for a subtle kick of spice.
- Serve the soup chilled or at room temperature. If serving chilled, garnish with fresh herbs, such as dill or mint.
Conclusion:
This chilled fresh pea and lettuce soup is a refreshing and flavorful dish that is perfect for a light lunch or dinner. It is also a great way to use up leftover peas and lettuce. With its simple ingredients and easy preparation, this soup is sure to become a favorite in your kitchen.
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