Easy Pea Soup With Ham - cooking recipe

Ingredients

1 tbsp vegetable oil
1 small onion, peeled and finely chopped
80 g potato, peeled and diced
120 g frozen peas, defrosted
200 ml vegetable stock
1/2 tbsp chopped fresh mint, plus leaves to garnish
3 tbsp buttermilk
1 tsp lemon zest
25 g wafer thin ham, chopped
1 tsp flaked almonds

Preparation

Heat the oil in a pan, add the onion and potato and fry over medium heat for 6-7 mins. Stir in the peas, the stock and chopped mint and simmer for 10 mins.
Remove the pan from the heat and use a stick blender to puree the soup. Stir in 2 tbsp of the buttermilk, along with most of the lemon zest and heat gently. Season to taste. Serve in a warmed bowl garnished with the reserved peas, chopped ham, almonds, remaining lemon zest and mint leaves, and drizzled with remaining buttermilk.