Herb-scented ham and pea soup | Reader's Digest Australia

Ingredients

• 1 tablespoon extra virgin olive oil
• 1 onion, chopped
• 1 small carrot, diced
• 2 cloves garlic, sliced
• 1 leek, white part only, chopped
• 1 stalk celery, diced
• 2 tablespoons chopped fresh parsley
• 1 potato, diced
• 100 g lean boiled or baked ham, diced
• 2⅔ cups (500 g) shelled fresh or frozen peas
• ½ teaspoon dried herbes de Provence, or to taste
• 1 litre vegetable stock, preferably homemade light, or a mixture of half stock and half water
• 3 large lettuce leaves, finely shredded
• 2 tablespoons pouring cream
• salt and pepper