Lettuce and Pea Soup

Our Summer is on vacation in the moment. It is wet and cool this week.

I had a head of lettuce in the fridge and frozen peas. I decided to use up lots of stuff in my fridge and prepare a soup.

For some basic taste I used Black Forst ham cubes, onion, leek, garlic and chili. Butter and oil heated up and all this stuff went in. I took a couple of minutes until the onion is translucent.

Next the defrosted peas went in and the veg stock. Cooking for 3 more minutes. To stabilize the soup, 2 tbsp of semolina. 

I took the cream out of the fridge and saw the small bowl with two cooked potatoes in. A good chance to get rid of them in the soup.

The washed and ripped to pieces lettuce went in next. It looked like a mountain of green in the pot. But like spinach it goes down to a small amount after some time in the hot soup.

Cook again 3 min and taste the soup if the seasoning is good. Use a stick blender and mix the soup.

I sprinkled garlic breadcrumbs on top.

Ingredients:

1 lettuce

1 onion

4 garlic cloves

1 green chili

5 cm leek

100 g defrosted peas

2 tbsp oil

75 g bacon bits

50 ml double cream

2 cooked potatoes

2 tbsp semolina

50 ml white wine

800 ml veg stock

Salt, pepper

Garlic breadcrumbs