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English Sweet Pea And Mint Soup With Diced Mango

Courses: Soup
Serves: 4 people

Recipe Ingredients

4 cups 948mlFresh or frozen peas
2/3 cup 26g / 0.9ozFresh mint leaves - (packed)
4 cups 948mlChilled chicken broth
1 teaspoon 5mlLime juice
  Salt - to taste
  Freshly-ground white pepper - to taste
1   Ripe mango - peeled, diced (large)
  Creme fraiche or sour cream - for garnish

Recipe Instructions

Heat large pot of water to boil; add peas, cook about 4 minutes. Remove from heat; add mint for 30 seconds. Drain.

Place about 1 1/2 cups of the chicken broth in blender. Add half of the peas and mint; puree until smooth. Strain using fine mesh sieve, pushing puree through with spoon, into large bowl. Repeat.

Stir in remaining chicken broth and lime juice. Season with salt and pepper. Chill in refrigerator 2 hours.

Pour soup into serving bowls; garnish with diced mango and creme fraiche.

This recipe yields 4 servings.

Nutrition Information Per Serving: Calories 185; Fat 1.8 g; Saturated fat 0.4 g; % calories from fat 9; Cholesterol 0 mg; Sodium 595 mg; Carbohydrates 31 g; Protein 12 g; Fiber 9 g.

Source:
Lynn Thomas of the Food Forum BB at http://food.bb.prodigy.net/

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