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Pea and Ham Soup with Mint

Name: Pea and Ham Soup with Mint
Prep time: 15 min
Total time: 15 min
Yield: 4 servings
Ingredients: 800 g Frozen peas; 250 g Lean ham, sliced; 150 g Onion; 200 g Potato; 1 litre Chicken stock; 10 g Butter; A handful of leaves Fresh mint; To taste Black pepper

Frozen peas blended with potato and stock, with ham stirred through at the end and mint torn over. No gluten and 305 kcal a bowl.

Calories: 305kcal
Protein: 26g
Fat: 6g
Carbs: 35g

Per serving, makes 4. 15 minutes of work. Published 8 September 2026.

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Pea and Ham Soup with Mint, plated and ready to serve. — The finished recipe. Pea and Ham Soup with Mint

Ingredients 1 to 6 for pea and ham soup with mint arranged separately on a dark worktop. — Ingredients 1 to 6. 800 g Frozen peas. 250 g Lean ham, sliced (Cooked deli weight, as sold.). 150 g Onion. 200 g Potato (Raw, peeled weight.). 1 litre Chicken stock (Made up from a cube or a pot.). 10 g Butter

Ingredients 7 to 8 for pea and ham soup with mint arranged separately on a dark worktop. — Ingredients 7 to 8. A handful of leaves Fresh mint. To taste Black pepper

Pea and Ham Soup with Mint, preparation step 1: Soften the chopped onion in the butter for eight minutes without colouring. — Step 1. Soften the chopped onion in the butter for eight minutes without colouring.

Pea and Ham Soup with Mint, preparation step 2: Add the potato in small dice and the stock and simmer for twelve minutes until the potato is soft. — Step 2. Add the potato in small dice and the stock and simmer for twelve minutes until the potato is soft.

Pea and Ham Soup with Mint, preparation step 3: Add the peas straight from the freezer, bring back to the boil and cook for three minutes only, so they keep their colour. Blend until smooth with most of the mint. — Step 3. Add the peas straight from the freezer, bring back to the boil and cook for three minutes only, so they keep their colour. Blend until smooth with most of the mint.

The finished pea and ham soup with mint. — Step 4. Stir in the ham, torn into pieces, and heat for a minute. Black pepper and the remaining mint to serve.

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Ingredients

Frozen peas800 g
Lean ham, sliced250 g
Cooked deli weight, as sold.
Onion150 g
Potato200 g
Raw, peeled weight.
Chicken stock1 litre
Made up from a cube or a pot.
Butter10 g
Fresh mintA handful of leaves
Black pepperTo taste

Method

Soften the chopped onion in the butter for eight minutes without colouring.
Add the potato in small dice and the stock and simmer for twelve minutes until the potato is soft.
Add the peas straight from the freezer, bring back to the boil and cook for three minutes only, so they keep their colour. Blend until smooth with most of the mint.
Stir in the ham, torn into pieces, and heat for a minute. Black pepper and the remaining mint to serve.

Worth knowing

Three minutes for the peas. Longer and the soup goes from bright green to khaki, and tastes of it.
Ham is salty and stock is salty. Taste before adding any.

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