Simple soups: Pea, ham & vegetable soup recipe

This soup is so simple and quick to make you’ll be tucking into it within 15 minutes!

Ingredients (makes enough for 4 servings)

600g frozen petit pois

600ml vegetable stock

4 spring onions, chopped

50ml crème fraîche

300g leftover roast ham, shredded

400g leftover cooked vegetables* from your Christmas dinner, roughly chopped

Himalayan pink salt and freshly ground black pepper

Method

Heat the vegetable stock in a medium saucepan, tip in the frozen peas and spring onions and bring to the boil, simmer for about 5 minutes.

Turn off the heat, spoon in the crème fraîche and blend the soup with a stick blender until smooth. Now add the ham and cooked vegetables and bring the soup back to the boil. Taste and adjust the seasoning if necessary.

Serve in warmed bowls garnished with crispy fried ham and croutons.