Want a tasty, textured pea soup that tastes like springtime? You have to start in the freezer section of the supermarket to get the best results…I like frozen peas to build the base of the soup and then enrich it, last minute, with some fresh peas. Lots of people add bacon or Parmesan cheese to garnish and that all fine to me but I largely prefer the crunch of fresh peas or pea tops (a true sign of spring) and a dollop of sour cream. Use whatever peas are at the supermarket, sugar snap, shell peas or snow peas.

