Minted English Pea Soup With Lobster And Orange Recipes

MINTED ENGLISH PEA SOUP

Steps:

• Melt butter in a large saucepan over medium heat. Add onion, leek, and celery, and cook until soft. Add potatoes and 7 cups vegetable stock; bring to a boil. Reduce heat and simmer until potatoes are soft, 10 to 15 minutes. Remove from heat.
• Prepare an ice-water bath. Fill another large saucepan with water and bring to a boil over high heat. Add salt and return to a boil. Add peas and cook until tender, about 5 minutes. Drain and immediately transfer peas to ice-water bath to cool. Drain and add to saucepan with vegetables and stock.
• Working in batches, puree the soup in the jar of a blender or bowl of a food processor. Strain liquid twice through a fine mesh sieve into another large saucepan. Add 1 cup of heavy cream and place saucepan over low heat. Season with salt, pepper, and sugar. Tie mint together using kitchen twine and add to saucepan; let steep for 10 to 15 minutes. Remove mint and discard. If soup seems too thick, add some of the remaining vegetable stock to thin.
• In a medium bowl, whisk remaining 1/2 cup heavy cream until soft peaks form. Gently fold into the warmed soup. Serve immediately.

ENGLISH PEA SOUP WITH LOBSTER, SHRIMP AND CRABMEAT

Steps:

• Place the oil into a saucepan over a low heat, add the onions and stir, season to taste with salt and pepper, add 1/2 cup chicken stock. Slowly cook until translucent, about 2 minutes. Remove from the heat. Place the onions, peas, chicken stock in a blender for 30 seconds. Season to taste with salt and pepper and add the tarragon, chervil, and mint sprigs. Blend until silky smooth (approximately 4 minutes). Adjust the seasoning to taste. Divide the soup into 4 cups, artfully present the condiments in a separate dish. Serve immediately.

MINTED ENGLISH PEA SOUP WITH LOBSTER AND ORANGE

Steps:

• Prepare an ice-water bath. Bring a medium saucepan filled with water to a boil over high heat. Add peas and cook until tender, about 5 minutes. Drain, and immediately transfer to ice-water bath. Drain and set aside.
• Slice the top and bottom of both oranges with a paring knife. Set one of the flat sides on your work surface. From top to bottom, following the curve of the fruit, cut away peel and white pith. Trim off any remaining pith. Holding the oranges over a bowl, cut along both sides of each segment, staying close to the membrane, to release. Add onion and chives to bowl; toss to combine.
• Melt butter in a small skillet over medium heat. Add lobster and cook until just warmed through. Add peas and orange mixture and stir to combine. Continue cooking until mixture is just warm.
• Divide lobster mixture evenly between four warmed soup bowls. Ladle soup around lobster. Sprinkle with mint flowers, if using, and serve immediately.

FRESH PEA SOUP WITH SHRIMP, BASIL AND MINT

Steps:

• To make the soup, saute the onion in the butter. Add the peas, toss and season. Add the broth and simmer for 40 minutes. The peas should be barely tender. Cool. Add the cream and pass through a food mill. Adjust the texture with more chicken broth (or with milk) if necessary and adjust the seasoning. Stir in the mint and refrigerate for at least 2 hours.
• To make the shrimp, toss all the ingredients together to combine well. Adjust the seasoning with salt and chili oil. Refrigerate for 1 hour.
• To serve, ladle the soup into 6 bowls with a mound of the shrimp mixture in the center of each.

ENGLISH PEA SOUP WITH MINT WITH ANDREW

Steps:

• Bring a large pot of water to a boil; add a generous amount of salt. Add peas, and cook for 5 minutes. Drain, and run under cold water to stop cooking, then drain again; set aside.
• Heat oil in a medium saucepan over medium heat. Add onions and cook, stirring frequently, until tender and translucent, but not brown, about 5 minutes. Stir in crushed red-pepper flakes and stock. Bring to a boil. Reduce to a simmer, and cook for 15 minutes.
• Place half of the cool peas in blender jar with half of the simmered broth. Cover lid with a kitchen towel, as hot liquid will expand when blended. Puree until smooth. Add half of the creme fraiche and half of the mint, and puree. Pass through a fine-mesh sieve into a clean saucepan. Repeat with remaining peas, broth, creme fraiche, and mint.
• Place saucepan over medium heat until hot. Taste, and adjust for seasoning. The soup may be cooled completely at this point and stored refrigerated in an airtight container for up to 3 days or frozen for up to one month. Bring soup to a boil before serving.
• Ladle soup into warm bowls and serve with croutons.

MINTY PEA SOUP

Steps:

• Melt butter in a large heavy pot over medium heat. Add onion and cook, stirring often, until softened but not browned, 6-8 minutes. Add 2 cups broth and bring to a boil. Add peas, reduce heat, and simmer gently until tender, about 5 minutes for fresh peas, about 2 minutes for frozen.
• Remove pot from heat. Add parsley, mint, and remaining 2 cups broth to pot. Purée soup in a blender or with an immersion blender, thinning with water if soup is too thick, until smooth. Season soup with salt and pepper.
• Whisk crème fraîche and cream in a small bowl to blend. Serve warm soup topped with chives, passing crème fraîche mixture alongside for spooning over.