It is prepared very quickly, the taste is magnificent, velvety, creamy. Fried bacon is used in the cream soup, if desired, it can be replaced with peeled pumpkin or sunflower seeds.
In a saucepan with a thick bottom, heat the vegetable oil over medium heat and fry the bacon until golden brown. Transfer to a plate.
In the same pan, fry the onion and garlic until soft.
Add the chopped potatoes, pour in the broth, bring to a boil, reduce the heat, cover and cook for 20 minutes.
5 minutes before the end, add the bay leaf, spices.
Pull out the bay leaf.
Increase the heat, add green peas and cook for 3 minutes after boiling, add nutmeg, I added a few basil leaves. Remove the pan from the heat.
Whisk with a blender until smooth, then add a little more or a little less cream, depending on the desired consistency of creamy pea soup.
If desired, rub the cream soup through a sieve, then return it to the pan and heat it up, but do not bring it to a boil so that the cream does not exfoliate.
Serve the pea cream soup, decorating its surface with fried bacon, seeds or crackers, a few drops of olive oil or a pinch of spices.