Summer Pea Soup
Origin: London, England
Source: Anonymous, 1846
Ingredients
- 1 peck peas
- good stock
- lettuce
- cucumber
- mint
- pepper
- salt
- 2-3 lumps sugar
Instructions
- Separate the old peas from the young ones. Boil the older peas in good stock until quite tender. Pass the boiled peas through a sieve and return them to the stock. Add the young peas to the pot along with chopped lettuce, small pieces of cucumber that have been fried to a light brown, a little mint, pepper, and salt. Season with two or three lumps of sugar to give a fine flavor.