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🍽️ Spicy Pea Soup with Crab Meat

413 kcal · 30 min · 4 servings

Ingredients

• 1 onion
• 1 garlic clove
• 2 cm ginger
• 2 tbsp butter
• 80 g cashew nuts
• 1 l vegetable broth
• 400 g peas (fresh or frozen)
• 2 sprigs mint
• 150 g crème fraîche
• 1 tsp wasabi paste (to desired heat level)
• 150 g crab meat (peeled)
• 1 tbsp lemon juice
• salt

Instructions

1. 1. Heat a pot over medium heat.
2. 2. Peel the onion, garlic, and ginger.
3. 3. Dice the vegetables into small cubes.
4. 4. Melt the butter in the pot.
5. 5. Sauté the vegetables until soft but not browned.
6. 6. Add the cashew nuts and sauté them briefly.
7. 7. Pour the vegetable broth into the pot.
8. 8. Add the peas to the broth.
9. 9. Let the soup simmer for about 10 minutes.
10. 10. Rinse the mint under cold water.
11. 11. Shake the mint dry.
12. 12. Pluck off some nice leaves and set them aside for garnish.
13. 13. Add the remaining mint to the soup.
14. 14. Blend the soup smoothly with a hand blender.
15. 15. Check the consistency.
16. 16. Let the soup reduce further if needed.
17. 17. Add more broth if needed.
18. 18. Stir 100 grams of crème fraîche into the soup.
19. 19. Add the wasabi and stir it in.
20. 20. Add the crab meat to the hot soup.
21. 21. Let the crab meat warm through briefly.
22. 22. Season the soup with lemon juice.
23. 23. Season the soup to taste with salt.
24. 24. Divide the soup among bowls.
25. 25. Top with a dollop of the remaining crème fraîche.
26. 26. Garnish the bowls with the reserved mint leaves.
27. 27. Serve the soup immediately.

Nutrition per serving

• kcal: 413
• Protein: 20 g · Fett/Fat: 27 g · Carbs: 22 g