Sure - no ham - I don't eat it. (Extra points were given for a relevant story - thus the story at the end. And the contest was to make something healthy and seasonal with local ingredients.)
Recipe name: Summer Pea Soup Entry category: Vibrant Vegetables Number of servings: 2 Your Name: Deanna Schneider *Ingredients (listed in order they will be used):* 1 T. olive oil 2 cloves garlic, minced 1 lb (about 3 cups) fresh, shelled green peas. (Fresh picked from your garden is best but I buy them from the farmer's market.) 2 ¼ cups water or chicken broth (Broth provides richer flavor but beware of salt. Use low-sodium or homemade.) 3/4 t salt ¼ t black pepper (or to taste) 1 T chopped fresh basil (Fresh picked from your garden is best - but I buy it at the farmer's market.) 3-5 T. cream. (Look for a Wisconsin brand, or buy from your local dairy.) (If you're looking to cut calories, you may sub half and half.) Goat's milk feta cheese (for garnish) (I like Capri Farms French or Greek style.) *Directions:* In a 2 quart sauce pan, lightly sauté the garlic in the olive oil. Add the water, and bring to a boil. Add the peas. Boil covered, until peas are tender. This will vary depending on the freshness of your peas. Check them often and as soon as they're tender, remove them from the heat. Very fresh peas will need only a few minutes. Pour peas and water in a blender. Puree on high until very smooth. (You may need to add some extra water at this stage if your peas were not fresh.) Force mixture through a fine sieve. Add chopped basil and half and half (if desired). Adjust salt and pepper to taste. Serve topped with crumbled feta *Story about your recipe:* A friend and I do weekly meal swaps with each other, and we're constantly challenging each other to do new things with seasonal ingredients. One Saturday, not too long ago, we biked up to the farmer's market together, and decided that we'd each buy the same ingredients and go home and prepare something from them. We bought shelled peas, basil, and Capri Farms goat's milk feta. Here's what I whipped together. It's a very simple soup, best served lukewarm. It tastes like summer in a bowl. On 9/1/05, Ray Champagne <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > hooray! > > congrats, now are you going to share the recipe? :) > > I like pea soup....with ham? > > Deanna Schneider wrote: > > I won a recipe contest with a simple little recipe for Summer Pea Soup. > Can > > you believe it? I'm getting a 3-day trip for 2 to San Francisco and > dinner > > at the Nob Hill Inn and a year's membership in the Slow Food > organization. > > > > Just had to share a wee bit of happy news amidst all this national > ickiness. > > > > :) > > > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Find out how CFTicket can increase your company's customer support efficiency by 100% http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=49 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:172074 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
