Pea And Roasted Garlic Soup

Ingredients

4 heads of garlic
2 onions peeled and roughly chopped
50g butter
1 tbsp olive oil
1 kg frozen peas
1 ltr good vegetable stock
Sea salt and freshly ground black pepper to taste.
Creme Fraiche and chopped chives to serve (optional)

Nutrition

PER SERVING (4) 246 kcalories, 17g protein, 32g carbohydrates, 13g fat, 7g saturated fat, 19g fibre, 12g sugars, 1.02g sodium

Nutrition - as well as the nutritional value of the Peas this recipe contains: B complex vitamins, vitamin C, beta carotene, calcium, manganese, selenium and antioxidants allicin and quercitin.

Method

Wrap the garlic in foil and roast at 180oC for 40 mins or until soft. Fry the onion in butter and oil for approx 3 mins until soft. Add the frozen peas and coat in the oil and butter mixture. Add the stock and bring to the boil, reduce the heat and simmer for 5 mins. Bring the garlic out of the oven and leave to cool for 5 mins ,cut the top off and squeeze the soft roasted garlic into the pea soup, puree roughly.
Serve with dollops of cr?®me fraiche and chopped chives.

Serves 4.