Green Pea Soup Recipe

• 2 pounds peas
• 1 quart bean stock
• 1 ounce butter
• 1 spinach leaf
• Pepper and salt
• 1 teaspoon cornflour
• 5 ounces milk
• 5 ounces cream
• 1 onion

1. Shell the peas, wash and string the pods, and put them into a saucepan, with one quart of boiling stock.
2. Cook for thirty minutes and then strain.
3. Put the butter into the saucepan, add the peas and spinach leaf.
4. Saute these for about five minutes and add the stock the pods were cooked in. Cook until the peas are tender.
5. Rub through a hair-sieve.
6. Return to the saucepan and add the pepper and salt.
7. Add the cornflour mixed with the milk; boil for five minutes.
8. Then add the cream, and serve.

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