Irish Fresh Pea Soup

[JoAnn]

Irish Fresh Pea Soup
With mint, parsley, and a little bacon, this soup is very flavorful.

Ingredients
2‐1/2 pts. ham stock
12 oz. peas
3 strips bacon
1 medium onion
1 head iceberg lettuce
1 sprig mint
1 sprig parsley
2 Tbs.

butter
1 tsp. sugar
chopped parsley
salt and black pepper
Directions
Shell the peas, retaining the pods. Wash thoroughly and boil them in the ham stock.

Heat the butter in a large saucepan and fry the onion until transparent. Add the chopped bacon, the chopped lettuce, mint and parsley and fry for about 2 minutes, stirring often. Strain the stock and return to the saucepan with the fried ingredients and the peas, salt, pepper and sugar.

Bring to a boil, stirring well, allow to simmer for 30 minutes or until the peas are soft. Taste for seasoning and then add a little milk or cream if desired.
Garnish with chopped parsley.

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