Cream of Green Pea Soup

Name: Cream of Green Pea Soup
Total time: PT0D0H0M
Yield: serves 4
Ingredients: 3 cups room-temperature milk; 2 cups fresh or frozen peas; Leaves from 3 sprigs marjoram; 1 sprig thyme; 1 mint leaf; 1 1 ⁄ 2 tsp. onion salt; 1 ⁄ 2 tsp. garlic salt; 1 1 ⁄ 2 tsp. sugar

Serves
serves 4

To anyone who thinks of pea soup as canned sludge, this soup will come as a revelation, even today.

Ingredients

3 cups room-temperature milk
2 cups fresh or frozen peas
Leaves from 3 sprigs marjoram
1 sprig thyme
1 mint leaf
1 ¹⁄₂ tsp. onion salt
¹⁄₂ tsp. garlic salt
1 ¹⁄₂ tsp. sugar

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Instructions

Step 1

Combine milk, peas, marjoram, thyme, mint, onion salt, garlic salt, and sugar in a blender and purée until smooth, about 1–2 minutes. Place a fine mesh strainer over a medium saucepan and strain the pea mixture into the saucepan. Press as much liquid as possible through the sieve with a spatula, discarding the pulp.

Step 2

Place saucepan over medium-low heat and bring to serving temperature by heating to just below boiling, about 5 minutes. Adjust seasoning.

Combine milk, peas, marjoram, thyme, mint, onion salt, garlic salt, and sugar in a blender and purée until smooth, about 1–2 minutes. Place a fine mesh strainer over a medium saucepan and strain the pea mixture into the saucepan. Press as much liquid as possible through the sieve with a spatula, discarding the pulp.
Place saucepan over medium-low heat and bring to serving temperature by heating to just below boiling, about 5 minutes. Adjust seasoning.