It's almost summer so I guess this is the time for some experimenting with cold soups. Tonight's test lab subject was Chilled Pea and Mint soup. I found the recipe while doing some online grocery shopping at FreshDirect.
(side note: I live four blocks from the grocery store, but I do not know how I survived before online food shopping. Oh wait, I know how, by always buying too much at the actual store and then BARELY make the walk home before either falling over or having plastic bag handles cut off the circulation in my fingers.)
Back to chilled soups. Aren't these really just smoothies in a bowl? Or in the case of gazpacho, salsa in a bowl? I have yet to meet a gazpacho that I like. I'll try to order it in a restaurant, but always want to ask for a side of chips. Coooome oooon....IT'S SALSA YOU EAT WITH A SPOON. Anyone love gazpacho and can lead me towards the best recipe ever for it?
Besides chunky gazpacho, the rest of popular chilled soups are either savory or sweet. Once I had the most amazing chilled strawberry soup on a cruise boat. Again, this is a smoothie in a bowl that just happens to be made with 75% heavy cream and eaten with a spoon. Anything mixed with heavy cream is a recipe for a good 'ole time.
Unfortunately, this Chilled Pea and Mint soup lacks heavy cream. It is so simple, it doesn't really warrant a recipe, the ingredients are:
A bag of frozen peas
Handful of Mint
Half a handful of scallions
dash of salt
dash of sugar
a few cups of vegetable broth
Puree all ingredients in a blender until smooth. Chill. Eat.
It tasted....eh. It needed....something. Like roasted onion. Or a sharp cheese. Or maybe a dribble of heavy cream? Yes. YES. Heavy cream next time it is.
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