Pea and Ham Soup with Baguette
Pea and ham soup recipe is one of my favorite soup all the time. Very easy to make and ideal week day lunch. Also you can make this pea soup very quickly and it's full of nutritious. If you have any leftover roast ham, this pea and ham soup recipe is the ideal meal.
Ingredients
- 250 g Pea frozen or fresh
- 100 g Roasted Ham
- 1 tbsp Butter
- 1 medium Onion chopped
- 1 stick Celery chopped
- 400 ml Chicken Stock
- 2 clove Garlic chopped
- 1 tbsp Fresh Chive snipped
- 1 Baguette sliced
- salt & Pepper to taste
Instructions
- Cut the baguette into 1 inch thick slices. And place them on a grill tray and grill them @ 200°C (400°F) until they turns into golden brown.
- Heat a pan in medium flame and melt the butter. Once the butter is melted add onion, garlic and celery, mix all together and stir about 2 minutes.
- After 2 minutes of cooking add chicken stock and let it boil.
- When started to boil, add pea and cook for 2 more minutes.
- After 2 minutes take the pan off the stove and let it cool down. Once it cool down, transfer them into a blender and blend it well.
- Heat up the same pan at medium heat and pour the soup in. Add salt and pepper to taste.
- Cut the roasted ham to a small slices and add them to the soup and mix well.
- Transfer the soup into a soup bowl and sprinkle ham and chive over.