Easy Pea Soup With Ham

• 1 tbsp vegetable oil
• 1 small onion, peeled and finely chopped
• 80 g potato, peeled and diced
• 120 g frozen peas, defrosted
• 200 ml vegetable stock
• 1/2 tbsp chopped fresh mint, plus leaves to garnish
• 3 tbsp buttermilk
• 1 tsp lemon zest
• 25 g wafer thin ham, chopped
• 1 tsp flaked almonds

1. Heat the oil in a pan, add the onion and potato and fry over medium heat for 6-7 mins. Stir in the peas, the stock and chopped mint and simmer for 10 mins.
2. Remove the pan from the heat and use a stick blender to puree the soup. Stir in 2 tbsp of the buttermilk, along with most of the lemon zest and heat gently. Season to taste. Serve in a warmed bowl garnished with the reserved peas, chopped ham, almonds, remaining lemon zest and mint leaves, and drizzled with remaining buttermilk.

vegetable oil, onion, potato, frozen peas, vegetable stock, fresh mint, buttermilk, lemon zest, thin ham, almonds

Taken from recipes-plus.com/api/v2.0/recipes/19458 (may not work)