Chilled Pea and Chorizo Soup

Name: Chilled Pea and Chorizo Soup
Prep time: 15 min
Total time: 15 min
Yield: 10
Ingredients: 500 mL (17fl oz) hot chicken stock, made up with water from the kettle; 450 g (1lb) frozen peas; 1 shallot, finely chopped; 1/4 small red chilli, finely chopped; Zest and juice of 1/2 lemon; Few dashes Worcestershire sauce; Large handful curly parsley; 100 mL (3 1/2fl oz) double cream; 75 g (3oz) chorizo, diced

Keep cool with this delicious soup starter

By The GH Kitchen TeamPublished: 20 August 2009

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Preparation Notes: plus chilling

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Yields:

Prep Time:

15 mins

Total Time:

15 mins

Ingredients

500 ml (17fl oz) hot chicken stock, made up with water from the kettle
450 g (1lb) frozen peas
1 shallot, finely chopped
1/4 small red chilli, finely chopped
Zest and juice of 1/2 lemon
Few dashes Worcestershire sauce
Large handful curly parsley
100 ml (3 1/2fl oz) double cream
75 g (3oz) chorizo, diced

Directions

1. Step 1
  Pour the hot stock over the peas and leave for 5min. Empty into a blender and add the shallot, chilli, lemon juice, Worcestershire sauce and parsley. Season. Blend until smooth, then chill for at least 2hr.
2. Step 2
  Mix together the cream and lemon zest and season to taste. Cover and chill.
3. Step 3
  Divide soup among 10 cups (it doesn't matter if they're mismatched), garnish each with a drizzle of lemon cream, then top with chorizo pieces and a grinding of black pepper. Serve immediately.
  
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Make ahead

Make the soup and cream garnish up to 5hr ahead. Cover and chill. Complete recipe to serve. Prep for this feast couldn't be more straightforward - and the only heat you'll need is from a kettle.

Per Serving:

Calories: 105
Total carbs: 5 g
Sugars: 2 g
Total fat: 8 g
Saturated fat: 4 g

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The GH Kitchen Team are Good Housekeeping’s resident recipe developers and all-round food obsessives. GH Kitchen Director Sarah Akhurst is our resident hosting pro and loves nothing more than putting on a foodie feast for friends. Our GH Kitchen Manager Linzi Pucino is our very own Italian food expert (originally hailing from the North East of Scotland!) and can be found working her way through midweek recipes that cover all bases, from haggis to ragu! Our Kitchen Editor ⁠Nadine Brown loves digging into the stories behind her favourite foods and enjoys applying her eclectic tastes to more modern, flavour-forward recipes - just don't give her too much chilli! Our Junior Food Content Produce ⁠Frankie Prichard combines a love of beautiful presentation and flavour-led, seasonal cooking in her recipe development, along with a passion for bringing people together through food. With a wealth of professional kitchen experience between them, they’re dedicated to ensuring every Good Housekeeping recipe is the best it can be, so you can trust they’ll work every single time