Czech Pea Soup Hrachova Polevka - cooking recipe

Ingredients

1 cup dried peas
2 cups beef stock
1 pinch marjoram
2 garlic cloves, minced
2 potatoes, grated
1 teaspoon salt
1/2 teaspoon pepper
1 tablespoon butter
1 tablespoon flour
1 cup garlic-flavored croutons

Preparation

Soak the peas overnight.
Next day boil until peas until tender, 2 hours.
Mash and put through sieve.
Pour over it a good beef stock.
Add a pinch of marjoram and a little minced garlic, 2 grated raw potatoes; allow to boil (cooking potatoes; make sure it doesn't stick to bottom and burn). Add salt and pepper.
In meantime, blend a tablespoon of butter and a tablespoon of flour; cook until golden brown; add to soup and cook until thickened.
Pour into tureen in which you have placed croutons. (I think you could just top your soup bowl with croutons).