1 can or 1 pt. green peas
1 lettuce
1 cup white stock
1 cup milk or thin cream
yolks 2 eggs
pepper & salt to taste
1 sprig mint
1 young onion
Shell the peas and
boil the shells for 10 minutes in the stock.
strain them out and
then cook the peas, mint, lettuce onion &
a pinch of sugar
for 15 minutes in the same stock.
Mash, rub through a sieve into the stock
add the milk heated
and the eggs mixed with part of the milk.
2 tablespoons of cream is an improvement.
serve with croutons.
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