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Great greens blender soup and crème fraiche
This super simple, very green soup is a warming, cozy way to get your greens in! It can be made with any greens that you have at home like spinach and peas, with herbs like basil, mint and tarragon. It’s easy to make and so nutritious.
SERVES
4
Ingredients
Crème Fraiche
- 1/2 cup (125 ml) 35% cream
- 1 tablespoon (15 ml) buttermilk
Great Greens Blender Soup
- 1 pkg (250 g) frozen spinach, thawed in fridge overnight
- 3 1/2 cups frozen peas, thawed in fridge overnight
- 4 cups (1L) low sodium vegetable broth
- 1 tablespoon olive oil
- 3 green onions, roughly chopped
- Kosher salt and black pepper, to taste
- 2 garlic cloves, grated
- 1/3 cup roughly chopped flat leaf parsley
- 1/4 cup roughly chopped fine herbs, such as basil, mint, tarragon, chives or more parsley
- 1 lemon, zested and juiced
- 1/4 cup (25g) finely grated Pecorino cheese, plus more for serving, optional
- Sour cream, plain yogurt or crème fraiche (recipe follows), for garnish, optional
Directions
For the Crème Fraîche
- Combine the cream and buttermilk in a glass jar and cover with a clean kitchen towel or paper towel affixed with a rubber band.
- Leave the mixture out on the counter at room temperature, undisturbed, for 12 to 24 hours, until thick.
- Stir and cover with an airtight lid and transfer to the fridge until ready to use for up to 10 days.
- Feel free to up the flavour by stirring in some lemon zest, lemon juice, pepper or finely chopped herbs just before serving.
For the Soup
- Drain the spinach through a fine-mesh sieve, pressing gently to remove most of the water and transfer it along with the peas to a blender.
- Meanwhile, pour the vegetable broth into a medium saucepan and bring it to a simmer. In a skillet, heat the olive oil over medium-high heat.
- Add in the green onions, season with salt and pepper and cook just until bright green and starting to lightly colour, about two minutes.
- Remove from the heat and stir in the garlic, allowing the residual heat from the pan to lightly cook the garlic for about 30 seconds; transfer to the blender.
- Add the herbs, lemon zest, lemon juice and three cups of the hot broth.
- Place the lid on the blender, remove the vent cap, cover with a kitchen towel and blend on high until smooth.
- Add in the Pecorino cheese, if using. Season to taste with more salt, pepper and lemon juice. For a thinner soup, add more stock. Blend to combine.
- Serve as is topped with sour cream, yogurt or crème Fraiche and Pecorino cheese, if using. TIP: This soup can also be served chilled or heated to a higher temperature through additional heating might tone down the bright green colour. Enjoy!
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