Lean Pea-Puree Soup

Ingredients

• g fresh shelled peas
• g fatty and lean prosciutto
• g butter
• young onion
• carrot
• parsley, celery and basil
• slices bread
• salt
• pepper

Instructions

1. Chop the prosciutto finely and make a battuto with the onion, carrot, parsley, celery and basil.
2. Sweat it in butter with a little salt and pepper until browned; add enough water to moisten the soup.
3. At the boil, add the peas and two slices of butter-fried bread, cook, then sieve everything into a puree.
4. Moisten the prepared bread with the puree. Serves six.