Garden pea and pesto soup

Name: Garden pea and pesto soup | Asda Good Living
Total time: 55 min
Yield: 6
Cuisine: British
Ingredients: 1 onion, finely chopped; 1tbsp rapeseed oil; 1 large potato, peeled and cubed; 800ml stock made with 1 reduced-salt vegetable stock cube; 2 thick slices bread, cut into 1.5cm cubes; 600g frozen Smart Price Peas; 4tbsp Asda Reduced Fat Green Pesto; 200ml semi-skimmed milk

Add a twist to classic pea soup with fragrant green pesto

By Asda Good Living,6th March 2018

(19 votes)

Cook: 55 Mins

Serves: 6

Price: 22p per serving

Nutritional Information

Each 260g serving contains

Energy
806kj
192kcal

10%

Fat
6.0g

Med
9%

Saturates
1.3g

Low
7%

Sugars
5.7g

Med
6%

Salt
0.39g

Med
7%

of your 5-a-day

of your reference intake.
Typical energy values per 100g:
310kj/74kcal

Ingredients

1 onion, finely chopped

1tbsp rapeseed oil

1 large potato, peeled and cubed

800ml stock made with 1 reduced-salt vegetable stock cube

2 thick slices bread, cut into 1.5cm cubes

600g frozen Smart Price Peas

4tbsp Asda Reduced Fat Green Pesto

200ml semi-skimmed milk

Method

Preheat the oven to 190C/170C Fan/Gas 5.

Cook the onion in half the oil in a large pan on low for 8-10 mins until soft. Add the potato and stock. Bring to a boil then simmer, covered, for 20 mins.

Meanwhile, toss the bread in the rest of the oil. Season with black pepper and spread on a baking tray. Bake for 10-15 mins, until crunchy and toasted.

Add the peas to the potato and onion mixture. Bring back to the boil and simmer, covered, for 5 mins.

Stir in the pesto then cool for 15 mins. Blend to a purée and season with pepper.

Add the milk to the pea purée and heat through. Serve the soup topped with the croutons and more black pepper.