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Easter is in sight and so for my fourth post for Liberté, I wanted to offer you a little something for your holiday table. It’s a gorgeous chilled minted pea soup, rendered deliciously creamy with the addition of Liberté’s Plain Greek Yogurt o%.
This soup was actually inspired by a chilled Turkish yogurt soup I tasted at Gallery Grill in Toronto during my March Break.
I didn’t think I liked chilled soups, let alone ones with yogurt (sometimes they can be way too sweet, like a smoothie gone wrong) but this made me stop and change my mind. It was sweet and savoury and tart and salty all at once.
Since it’s spring, I wanted to add a little pretty spring colour to my dish – I love the colour of pea soup but too often it’s a heavy affair. With spring in the air, this is the perfect start to any Easter or holiday meal – it’s pretty and tasty (also, pretty tasty!), plus, it won’t weigh you down because the creaminess comes from a O% yogurt that doesn’t taste like 0%. It’s lovely served either in a soup bowl, or for a holiday party, you could serve it in shooter glasses for an elegant spring “amuse-bouche“. The possibilities are endless. You might wonder about a chilled soup but this one really works, especially as the weather starts to get warmer.
A gorgeous pea soup, light but creamy - perfect for the spring! * to toast pine nuts, heat a frying pan over medium heat and add the pine nuts. Toast until golden and fragrant, stirring to make sure they don't burn.Creamy minted pea and yogurt soup
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Sounds and looks really amazing! I love the color and can imagine lovely minty flavor!
Isn’t it pretty?
I think that’s the thing, you have to keep trying combinations because even if it’s something you usually don’t like you’ll suddenly one place, one dish where it suddenly works perfectly. The alchemy of cooking! 🙂
Alchemy indeed – and yes, it’s all about trial and error.
beautiful beautiful soup… I shall make… this weekend!
Thanks Dom!
Hey – where’s my sample?!?
You were away!
My husband loves peas and would most likely very much enjoy this soup. Another great recipe Mardi! Happy Easter 🙂
It’s pretty good – you should try it!
Sounds deliciously refreshing!
Very refreshing!
i love the color of this, and i bet the taste is fantastic! bookmarking this!
Enjoy!
I know what you mean about chilled soups being a little “off”. I’ve found that cold soup really benefits from either being creamy (like potato soup) or with a bit of acidity (like gazpacho or carrot ginger and lime soup, I think the yogurt would add both, so that might be what makes this work.
I’ve made a basic version of this soup for years based on Nigella Lawson’s recipe, but that’s a hot soup without any dairy (or not much anyway). I really need to try this! (And I love pine nuts!)
Yes this one works well cold not so sure how it would work warm. I love Nigella’s pea soup recipe too!
What a beautiful color! I love minted pea soup and cold soups in general, so I’m sure that this is delicious.
I am surprised how much I loved this myself!
I love chilled soups, yours is a beautiful colour too, yum.
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I do love the colours of spring!
So pretty huh?
i am not a fan of traditional pea soup, but this variation sounds positively heavenly. like chilled spring in a bowl. i love chilled soups – gazpacho is one of my favorite things ever – and this looks like a lovely example.
It’s surprising and different – you should give it a go!
This looks fantastic!! Now that spring is right around the corner, I’m totally making this.
LOVE this recipe, it’s my go to as soon as the weather moves from winter to spring. So healthy too. I substitute Kefir sometimes for the Greek yougurt.
Glad you like it!