Ingredients

One pound peas (fresh or frozen)

One bunch spring onions

One round lettuce

One pint chicken stock (or made from a cube)

One ounce butter (25g or ¼ stick)

One level teaspoon castor (fine granulated) sugar

One clove garlic

Salt and pepper to taste

Preparation

Peel and crush the garlic and trim and slice the spring onions. Soften them by heating in butter in a pan for three minutes. Then add stock, peas, roughly chopped lettuce, sugar, salt and pepper and bring to the boil. Simmer for roughly five minutes. Cool slightly and then put through a blender.