Easy Peasy Soup with Crispy Ham and Carrots

Ingredients

1 tablespoon butter

1 sweet onion, minced

1 tablespoon dried tarragon

3 cups chicken or vegetable stock

1 (10 oz.) bag frozen peas

1/2 cup heavy cream

Salt and pepper

1 tablespoon olive oil

1 carrot, peeled and thinly sliced into ovals or rounds

1 (6 oz.) Beeler’s smoked ham steak, chopped into small cubes

Directions

Sauté onion in butter until soft.  Add tarragon and cook, stirring a minute more.  Stir in stock, salt, and pepper and bring to a boil.  Add peas and return to just boiling.  Remove from heat and stir in cream.

Using an immersion blender.  Blend soup until smooth.

In a skillet, heat olive oil.  Add carrots and ham pieces and cook over high heat until carrots and ham brown and caramelize. 

Ladle soup into bowls and garnish with crispy ham and carrots.