Frozen Green Pea Soup

Recipe Difficulty: Extra Easy

Recipe Tags:

• frozen pea soup
• green peas
  
• easy vegan recipes
  
• budget friendly vegan recipes
  

Frozen Green Pea Soup
My sister in law Pheobe made this for me when I was visiting my family in Switzerland. It was my first time traveling abroad as a vegan, and visiting family as a vegan. I was pleasantly surprised how kind and accommodating everyone was. She went out of her way to buy me vegan products and make this soup amongst other things.  

This recipe reminds me so much of a Laura Calder recipe I used to make. I think that one was just peas and cream pureed into a delicious simple soup. Phoebe made this version for the whole family which was really thoughtful as I'm the only vegan at the table. She picked up vegan butter and vegan creme fraiche. 

​In Canada vegan butter is easy to find but I'm not sure a similar product to the creme fraiche that's available here in Switzerland is easy to find. The brand here is called Dr. Oetker and it's one of the adelicious dairy alternative product.  It was super thick, rich, creamy & slightly tangy. The rest of the family garnished their soup with parmesan cheese. I went with fresh mint and olive oil. I think a dollop of vegan pesto would be lovely too. Crusty bread for dipping is a must.

This vegan pea soup is:
- rich
- creamy
- full of sweet pea flavour
- delicious 
- easy af

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Ingredients:

•  2 onions, chopped
•  40 g butter
•  500 g frozen peas 
•  500 g veg stock
•  30 g white wine
•  200 g creme fraiche or vegan sour cream/cream (not all brands are created equal, Tofutti brand might do the trick, or vegan oat/cashew cream)
•  salt & pepper to taste
•  paprika to taste (couple pinches)

Method:

1. ​Sautee onions in vegan butter until softened.
2. Deglaze with white wine
3. Add 400 grams of the peas (the remaining 100 grams will be added later)
4. Add Veg stock and season with a bit of salt and pepper
5. Bring everything to a boil, then reduce to a simmer for about 10 minutes.
6. Add creme fraiche and with an immersion blender, blend everything until smooth. 
7. Add the remaining 100 grams of peas, heat, taste & season with more salt and pepper as         needed. 

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