
This morning I came across a few nice tasty treats. Fresh green peas in the pod; firm, sweet, and an intense, summery green. Tiny, new, red potatoes the size of marbles. Sweet, green topped, early summer onions looking like fat golf balls. Farm fresh butter made from cultured sour cream and churned pale yellow and creamy with just a hint of sea salt. Local, double rich cream so thick it wouldn't even need whipping. I picked up a potted rosemary bush a deep, verdant green that I could put just outside my front door. Finally I stopped by a U-Pick strawberry field for some deep red, fat and luscious berries. I had some other items at home that would round out these items into a meal that would be full of summer flavors, filling but not too heavy.
In the summer I find I am just not as hungry as other times of the year unless I spend the day hiking or biking. I tend to eat less and much healthier, although I do like a wee bit of fat in my food to appease my craving for luxuriousness. I love soup and decided on a Fresh Pea, Baby Potato, and Sweet Onion Soup; blended into a smooth puree and with a hint of ginger, rosemary, and garlic. This would be a late lunch / early dinner that would be filling enough to last all evening; with just some fresh strawberries and cream for a dessert later in the evening.

Fresh, sweet, just shelled peas

Marble size, new, red potatoes

Fresh Rosemary plant by my front door
Fresh Pea, Baby Potato, and Sweet Onion Soup
2 cups of fresh shucked peas (or frozen)
1 cup of chopped sweet onions- either fresh new summer onions or sweet Vidalia or other onions
1 cup of chopped baby new potatoes
2 cloves of garlic
1 thumb size piece of ginger, sliced
2 tablespoons of fresh farmhouse butter
1 three inch sprig of fresh Rosemary
1 tablespoon of chicken stock paste
1 teaspoon of fresh ground black pepper
3 cups of water
3-4 Key limes or a regular lime cut into quarters
Place the onion, garlic, butter, and potatoes in a pan and sauté until the onions are translucent, about five minutes.


Pour into bowls and serve with a tiny squeeze of the lime juice on top.

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7-02-2007 @10:40AM Jonny said... I'd love to make this tonight, but a quick question- could one eliminate the chicken stock paste and replace the water with chicken stock?
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7-02-2007 @5:22PM JMForester said... Jonny- I don't see why not. -JMF-
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7-04-2007 @5:44PM Christiane said... Wow - this looks delicious and perfect for summer.
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7-05-2007 @8:49AM Laura said... I miss the local Maine farms! Have you ever visited Beth's?
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7-05-2007 @8:51AM JMForester said... Laura- Beth's was where I got the peas, potatoes, onions, rosemary plant, and butter. -JMF-
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7-05-2007 @1:06PM MJ said... Oh my god, I am so jealous. First the pic is beautiful. The color of the soup shows freshness and summer! A wonderful way to spend day.......cheers!
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