Three bowls of pea soup topped with ham slices

Pea and ham soup

Name: Pea and ham soup
Total time: 20 min
Yield: Serves 4
Ingredients: 25g butter; 6 spring onions roughly chopped; 500g frozen petit pois; 600ml strong vegetable or chicken stock; 300g thick-cut ham chopped

Janine Ratcliffe

Published: March 9, 2020 at 11:53 AM

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Serves 4

Easy

Total time: 20 mins

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An absolute classic, made with just five ingredients in 20 minutes. Serve this pea and ham soup with crusty bread for a nourishing, colourful lunch

Low calorie

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Complete the dish

Try our classic pea and ham soup then check out our pea and mint soup, plus discover more comforting soup recipes, and make homemade bread rolls to serve on the side. If you like this flavour combination, also try our comforting pea and ham risotto.

Got a bag of peas to use up? Try putting them in our inventive pea recipes.

Ingredients

Nutrition

25g butter
6 spring onions

roughly chopped
500g frozen petit pois
600ml strong vegetable or chicken stock
300g thick-cut ham

chopped

Nutrition: per serving

kcal261

low
fat10g
saturates4.9g
carbs15g
sugars8.7g
fibre8.1g
protein23.6g
salt2.1g

Method

step 1

Melt the butter in a pan and cook the spring onions for 5 minutes until softened. Add the peas and stock, bring back to a simmer then cook for 3 minutes. Stir in a small handful of the chopped ham, simmer for 2 minutes then take off the heat and use a hand blender to whizz everything together. Season, stir in the rest of the ham then serve.

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Janine Ratcliffe in a short sleeved long dress sitting on a chair beneath palm trees on a balcony

Janine RatcliffeFood director

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