How to Make Herbed Pear Soup

Here is a recipe to make Herbed Pear Soup.

Difficulty: Moderately Easy

Instructions

Things You'll Need:

• 1/4 cup unsalted butter
• 1 leek, finely chopped
• 1 small head butter lettuce, separated into leaves
• About 3 3/4 cups vegetable or chicken stock or water
• Several sprigs of chervil
• Few sprigs of parsley
• 1 lb. fresh or frozen green peas
• Salt and freshly ground pepper
• Half and half, to garnish

1. 
    

   Melt butter in a saucepan, add leek and cook, stirring occasionally, 5 minutes or until soft. Add lettuce and cook 1 to 2 minutes or until leaves have wilted.

2. 
    

   Add stock or water, chervil, parsley, and peas. Bring to a boil, reduce heat and simmer 10 minutes if using fresh peas. If using frozen pears, simmer 5 minutes or until peas are tender.

3. 
    

   Purée soup in a blender or food processor and return to rinsed-out pan. Add salt and pepper and reheat gently without boiling. If soup is too thick, add some boiling stock or water. Swirl in half-and-half and serve.

Tips & Warnings

• Makes 4 servings.

[DreamLiving]

on 8/24/2008 Sounds different but delicious.

[MIghtyDreamer]

on 7/23/2008 very unusual combination for me, but some how, I'm thinking it would be interesting flavors. May give it a try one day. Thanks for sharing