Creamy Watercress, Pea & Mint Soup

• Creamy Watercress, Pea & Mint Soup
• 1 1/2 tablespoons butter or ghee
• 1 onion, roughly chopped
• 2 garlic cloves, roughly chopped
• 1 400 g tin of white beans, drained and rinsed
• 600 milliliters stock/bone broth or water
• 300 grams frozen peas
• 200 grams watercress (leaves and stalks), plus extra to serve
• 1 handful fresh mint leaves, plus extra to serve
• 1 1/2 tablespoons lemon juice
• 1 pinch sea salt, more to taste
• 1 pinch black pepper, more to taste
• 1 splash extra-virgin olive oil, to serve
• Tahini Lemon Drizzle
• 8 tablespoons tahini
• 1 lemon, juice of
• 250 milliliters warm water
• 2 garlic cloves, finely chopped
• 1 pinch sea salt, more to taste
• 1 pinch black pepper, more to taste

1. Melt the butter in a wide saucepan, add the onion and fry over a medium heat for 6 minutes to soften. Add the garlic to cook for the last 30 seconds.
2. Add the beans and stock. Bring to a simmer over a medium-high heat and cook for 2 minutes. Add the frozen peas to cook for another minute.
3. Drop in the watercress and mint leaves, stir and remove from the heatthe green leaves will wilt in the hot liquid.
4. Add the lemon juice and some salt and pepper, then transfer to a blender, or use a hand-held blender, and whizz into a smooth, creamy soup. Taste for seasoning and serve with a drizzle of olive oil and some extra mint and watercress leaves.
5. For the lemon tahini drizzle: Whisk all of the ingredients together. Drizzle over each soup portion to your liking.

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Taken from food52.com/recipes/77117-creamy-watercress-pea-mint-soup (may not work)