Green Garlic And English Pea Soup Sips Recipes

ENGLISH PUB SPLIT PEA SOUP

Steps:

• Place ham bone in a 4-qt. slow cooker. Add peas, celery, carrot and onion. Combine water, beer and mustard; pour over vegetables. Cook, covered, on high 5-6 hours or until peas are tender., Remove ham bone from soup. Cool slightly, trim away fat and remove meat from bone; discard fat and bone. Cut meat into bite-sized pieces; return to slow cooker. Stir in remaining ingredients. If desired, top with additional minced parsley.

CREAM OF GREEN GARLIC AND POTATO SOUP

Steps:

• Place potatoes in bowl of water. Set aside.
• Soak green garlic in a bowl of water to remove dirt or sand. Drain and set aside.
• Heat olive oil in a skillet over medium heat; cook and stir minced prosciutto until it begins to sizzle, about 2 minutes. Add green garlic and continue to cook, stirring frequently. Do not let the garlic brown. Season with salt, black pepper, and cayenne pepper; cook and stir for 1 to 2 more minutes.
• Mix chicken broth into green garlic mixture and bring to a simmer. Reduce heat to low, cover and cook for 30 minutes.
• Remove potatoes from the bowl of water and add them to the garlic and broth mixture. Cook until potatoes are tender and easily smashed against the side of the pot, about another 30 minutes. Add broth as needed.
• Transfer potato chunks and some green garlic chunks to a blender with about 1/2 cup cooking liquid. Puree until smooth, adding more cooking liquid as needed.
• Stir blended potato mixture back into the pot; stir in heavy cream. Cook over medium-high heat until cream is warmed through, about 5 minutes. Season with salt and black pepper to taste. Garnish with fresh chopped chives.

GREEN GARLIC AND ENGLISH PEA SOUP SIPS

Steps:

• Heat the oil in a medium sized pot, over medium heat. Add the celery and green garlic to the pot and sweat until the vegetables become translucent, about 5 minutes. Add the vegetable stock and bring to a boil. Add the English peas and bring to a boil once again. Remove from the heat. Puree in a blender on low speed until smooth. Season with salt and chill. Serve in shot glasses garnished with skewered vegetables. Examples of garnishes include: green or black olives, cooked baby potatoes, sugar snap peas, radishes, baby tomatoes.

ROMESCO CHILLED SOUP SIPS

Steps:

• In a blender, place the almonds, vinegar, bell peppers, garlic, tomato paste, paprika, cayenne, and 1 cup of the stock. Puree until smooth. While pureeing, drizzle in the olive oil and slowly add the remaining stock. Depending on the size of your blender, you may have to do this in batches. Add the salt and chill. Serve in shot glasses and decorate with skewered vegetables (green or black olives, cooked baby potatoes, sugar snap peas, radishes, baby tomatoes).

MINTED ENGLISH PEA SOUP

Steps:

• Melt butter in a large saucepan over medium heat. Add onion, leek, and celery, and cook until soft. Add potatoes and 7 cups vegetable stock; bring to a boil. Reduce heat and simmer until potatoes are soft, 10 to 15 minutes. Remove from heat.
• Prepare an ice-water bath. Fill another large saucepan with water and bring to a boil over high heat. Add salt and return to a boil. Add peas and cook until tender, about 5 minutes. Drain and immediately transfer peas to ice-water bath to cool. Drain and add to saucepan with vegetables and stock.
• Working in batches, puree the soup in the jar of a blender or bowl of a food processor. Strain liquid twice through a fine mesh sieve into another large saucepan. Add 1 cup of heavy cream and place saucepan over low heat. Season with salt, pepper, and sugar. Tie mint together using kitchen twine and add to saucepan; let steep for 10 to 15 minutes. Remove mint and discard. If soup seems too thick, add some of the remaining vegetable stock to thin.
• In a medium bowl, whisk remaining 1/2 cup heavy cream until soft peaks form. Gently fold into the warmed soup. Serve immediately.