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🍽️ Creamy Pea Soup with Fine Carrot Batons
287 kcal · 30 min · 4 servings
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Ingredients
- 500 g fresh, green peas
- 1 carrot
- 50 g butter
- 30 g flour
- 1 egg yolk
- 4 tbsp whipping cream (at least 30% fat content)
- salt
- pepper (from the mill)
- 2 tbsp chopped parsley
Instructions
- 1. Fill a pot with 1.2 liters of water and add some salt. Bring the water to a boil.
- 2. Add the peas in their pods to the boiling water. Cook them for about 20 minutes.
- 3. Remove the peas from the pot and strain the cooking water into a separate bowl. Save the water for later.
- 4. Peel the carrot and cut it into thin batons (julienne).
- 5. Remove the peas from their pods.
- 6. Melt 20 grams of butter in a large pot over medium heat.
- 7. Add the shelled peas to the butter and let them sweat for a short time.
- 8. Add the carrot batons to the peas.
- 9. Let the vegetables simmer covered for about 8 minutes.
- 10. Melt the remaining butter in a small frying pan or saucepan.
- 11. Stir the flour into the melted butter and whisk the mixture briefly until it is light and airy.
- 12. Slowly pour the reserved pea cooking water into the butter-flour mixture while stirring.
- 13. Let the sauce simmer for about 10 minutes until it thickens.
- 14. Add the braised peas and carrots back into the sauce.
- 15. Season the soup with salt and pepper to taste.
- 16. Remove the pot from the heat.
- 17. Whisk the egg yolk with the cream in a small bowl.
- 18. Add a small spoonful of the warm soup to the egg yolk-cream mixture and stir (this is called tempering).
- 19. Pour the tempered egg yolk mixture back into the soup pot and stir well to cream the soup (this is called tempering/legiering).
- 20. Sprinkle the finished soup with fresh parsley and serve immediately.
Nutrition per serving
- kcal: 287
- Protein: 11 g · Fett/Fat: 16 g · Carbs: 24 g