North Croatian Green Peas Soup

Ingredients

• 500 g green peas (fresh)
• 150 g onions (spring or green onion)
• 100 g carrots (or one medium carrot)
• 100 g bacon (dried, smoked pancetta)
• 5 g fresh parsley leaves
• 5 g celery leaves
• 50 g butter
• 1 tablespoon flour (all purpose)
• 1 liter beef stock
• 50 g sour cream
• 1/8 teaspoon thyme
• 1 teaspoon chives (minced)
• 5 g salt
• 3 g pepper

Directions

1. 1

   Clean the green peas and put it into hot water for 5 minutes. Grate of slice carrot and sauté on butter; after a while, mince onion and sauté both on butter until onion is translucent.

2. 2

   Add finely sliced pancetta and sauté not more than 5 minutes. Add flour and fry about 2 minutes, than add cold water and make creamy liquid (like sauce veloute).

3. 3

   Cut green parts of spring onion, mince parsley and celery leaves and add into pot. Add green pea and about 1 liter of beef stock. Add salt and pepper.

4. 4

   Cook until green peas are soft. When soft, remove green pea and blend it into puree (leave 1/6 of peas untouched). You can blend it with stick blender so you do not have to remove geen pea. Add thyme and cook 15 minutes.

5. 5

   At the end add sour cream and minced chive. Serve with croutons.