Spiced pea soup with cheddar sablés

Spiced pea soup with cheddar sablés

This easy pea soup recipe is spiced with paprika and served with cheesy pastry sablés.

Spiced pea soup with cheddar sablés

  • Serves icon Serves 6
  • Time icon Hands-on time 30 min, oven time 20 min

This easy pea soup recipe is spiced with paprika and served with cheesy pastry sablés.

Nutrition: per serving

Calories
375kcals
Fat
25.9g fat (15.8g saturated)
Protein
13.1g protein
Carbohydrates
22.9g carbs (1.4g sugars)
Fibre
3.4g fibre
Salt
0.4g salt

Ingredients

For the cheddar sablés

  • 200g plain flour
  • 150g cold unsalted butter, chopped into chunks
  • 100g extra-mature cheddar, grated
  • 50g parmesan or vegetarian alternative, grated
  • 2 pinches English mustard powder
  • 1 medium free-range egg, beaten, to glaze

For the soup:

  • 300g frozen peas
  • Large pinch smoked paprika, plus extra to sprinkle
  • 450ml light vegetable stock, hot
  • Squeeze lemon juice
  • Drizzle double cream
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Method

  1. To make the sablés, put all the ingredients apart from the egg in a food processor or large mixing bowl. Add a generous pinch of salt, then whizz or rub the mixture with your fingers until it forms a rough dough. Bring it together with your hands, then turn out onto a lightly floured surface and shape it into a disc. Wrap in cling film and chill for 20 minutes (see Make Ahead).
  2. Heat the oven to 200°C/fan180°C/gas 6 and line a large baking sheet with baking paper. Roll out the chilled dough to around 0.5cm thick, then stamp out shapes in it (we used maple and oak leaf cutters; see Know-how), re-rolling as necessary. Put them on the baking tray, brush with the beaten egg and bake for 10-12 minutes until crisp and golden. (You may need to do this in batches.) Remove the sablés from the oven, allow to firm up on the tray for a few minutes, then transfer to a rack to cool completely.
  3. To make the soup, put the peas and paprika in a medium saucepan with the stock and heat to a bare simmer (the idea is to only just thaw the peas). Blend until very smooth, then pass through a sieve into a mixing bowl. Blend the leftover pulp with a little of the strained liquid, then pass back through the sieve so you don’t waste any good stuff in the pulp. Stir through the lemon juice and cream to taste, then season well and set aside to cool.
  4. To serve, reheat and pour the soup into shot glasses, small tumblers or cups and sprinkle with extra paprika. Serve with the sablés.

Nutrition

Calories
375kcals
Fat
25.9g fat (15.8g saturated)
Protein
13.1g protein
Carbohydrates
22.9g carbs (1.4g sugars)
Fibre
3.4g fibre
Salt
0.4g salt

delicious. tips

  1. Make the biscuit dough to the end of step 1, then freeze for up to 1 month. Defrost to continue. Or freeze the cooked biscuits, then defrost and warm in the oven to serve.

    The soup will keep chilled for 24 hours. You can freeze it for up to 1 month, then defrost and reheat – but it won’t be such a vibrant green.

  2. Find autumn-themed cookie cutters at all good cook shops or online.

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