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The contrast of the light white foam and the deep green pea soup
will inspire both the appetite and curiosity of your guests.
To make the chilled pea soup latté, you will need
peas-fresh or frozen, those are frozen, sugar, salt,
lemon juice, 10 peas reserved to garnish,
paprika powder, vegetable stock, milk, salt and pepper.
Over high heat, bring 6 cups of water to a boil.
Add the sugar and the salt to the water.
When the water is boiling, then add the peas.
Cook them for 2-3 minutes if you are using the fresh beans
or 1 minute if you are using the frozen ones.
Meanwhile, prepare the ice cold water and a colander to drain.
Drain the peas in the colander,
and transfer to the ice bath.
You want to shuck your peas to keep them brightly green and to stop the cooking process.
As soon as the peas are totally cold, then drain them.
Then place the drained peas into the bowl of the blender.
Pour the veg stock in the blender, about a cup of stock,
cover the lid and blend.
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Add the second cup of vegetable stock.
Blend the soup for about 2-3 minutes or until very fine.
Drain the soup through double mesh sieve.
That way we are going to remove the shells of the peas and push through.
When you are at the end it's very thick, keep going.
Because you want the soup to go through the sieve, and not the skins.
Taste the soup.
Hmm, very nice. Add the lemon juice,
the seasonings- salt and the pepper.
Mix again. Taste the soup.
Great! Refrigerate the soup for at least 1 hour.
Just before serving the pea soup, then make the foam.
Place the milk in the saucepan,
turn the heat on high
and with an electric whisk, whip it.
The soup has cooled down and its thicker too.
So this is the consistency that you are looking for.
Serve the pea soup in the verrines,
leave about a centimetre of top for the foam.
Just before serving the foam, whip it up again.
Just make sure it is very thick.
Add the foam at the top of the verrines.
So with a spoon, top the verrines.
Then add the paprika powder, winding.
Add the peas.
And serve the pea soup latté immediately.
Pea soup latté, Bon Appétit!