BBC Food - Recipes - Spring pea soup served with crab

BBC Food - Recipes - Spring pea soup served with crab

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Spring peas make a wonderfully fresh warm or chilled soup. Served with dressed crab and a spoonful of cream.

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Ingredients

  • 30g/1oz butter
  • 2 tbsp olive oil
  • 1 onion , chopped
  • 400g/14oz fresh peas
  • 1 litre/1¾ pints chicken stock
  • ice cubes
  • 20g/⅔oz black olives , diced
  • 1 Little Gem lettuce , leaves shredded
  • 10g basil , cut into strips, plus extra to garnish
  • 10g chives , chopped
  • 1 lemon , zest only
  • 1 lime , zest and juice
  • 160g/5½oz white crab meat
  • salt
  • pepper
  • olive oil, to taste
  • 100ml/3½fl oz double cream , whipped

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