Recipe Summary
Difficulty: Easy
Prep Time: 15 minutes
Cook Time: 25 minutes
Yield: About 6 cups, serving 6

Ingredients
Chopped onion - 1 1/2 cups
Unsalted butter - 1 tablespoon
Shelled fresh peas - 6 cups
Chicken broth - 6 cups low-salt
Chopped fresh mint leaves - 1 tablespoon
Freshly ground white pepper
Well-shaken buttermilk - 3/4 cup
Toasted French bread, as an accompaniment

Preparing Method
1. In a saucepan cook onion in butter, covered, over moderate heat, stirring occasionally, 5 minutes, or until tender.
2. Add peas and broth and simmer, uncovered, 5 minutes, or until peas are tender. Stir in mint.
3. In a blender puree soup until smooth and pour through a coarse sieve back into pan.
4. Heat soup over moderate heat until hot and remove pan from heat.
5. Add white pepper and salt, to taste, and stir in all but 4 teaspoons buttermilk.

Divide soup between 6 bowls and gently spoon remaining buttermilk onto each serving.

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Soup is a liquid food made from vegetables and meat. The main idea is extracting the flavor by boiling them in water. Soups are broadly classified as clear soup and thick soups. Soups are also thickened using starch, eggs, butter, cream, grains and flour. Spices, milk and fruits are also added in some soup variants. Soups are generally served hot.

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