Split Pea SoupTheWorldWideGourmet.com
Total time: 1hr to 2hr
Preparation time: 20 minutes + 1 hour soaking time
Cooking time: About 1 1/2 hours
Difficulty: Easy
Nutritional values
per 100 g
Energy:117.6 kcal
Proteins:4.1 g
Fats:5.6 g
Carbohydrate:14.7 g
Fibers:3.7 g
Sugar:1.1 g
Cholesterol:7.1 mg
Sodium:17.3 mg
Calcium:49.2 mg
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INGREDIENTS
Quantity
Weight/Volume
Unit
Ingredient
*Ingredients
300
g
split peas
125
g
bacon bits (lardons)
2
small leeks
2
carrots (optional)
2
onions
2000
ml
water
2
cloves
1
clove of garlic
50
g
butter
salt and pepper
METHOD
- Pick over the split peas. Soak them for 1 hour in cold water;
- meanwhile, wash the leeks and chop the white part finely;
- peel the carrots and slice thinly;
- peel the onions; thinly slice 1 onion; halve the other one and stick the cloves into it;
- drain and rinse the peas; place them in a pot with the water, onion pricked with the cloves, bouquet garni and crushed garlic; skim once it begins to boil;
- in a skillet, cook the bacon bits in 5 tsp. butter until lightly browned; set aside;
- in the cooking fat, sauté the sliced onion, carrot and leek whites;
- add a ladleful of cooking liquid from the peas to the skillet; bring to a boil; add everything to the pot with the peas and finish cooking;
- remove the bouquet garni and onion pricked with the cloves; liquefy everything in a blender; add the bacon bits, 25 g (5 tsp.) butter, salt and pepper;
- ladle into soup bowls.
CHEF'S NOTES
Serve the soup with croutons fried in butter.
At the Beach Hotel, near Cape Town, South Africa, the chef likes to garnish the soup with a little ham and some mint leaves.
