split green pea soup ?

Question

how do you cook yours ? i do mine with link sausage - salt & pepper - served with cornbread ! yum !!

Answer 1

"Danish Pea Soup with Pork

1 lb Yellow Split Peas, washed*
2 lb Lean Bacon or smoked pork**
3 x Med Carrots, scraped
Celery root, peeled & 1/4-ed 4 x Med Leeks, white parts***
2 x Med Onions, peeled & halved
1/2 t Dried Thyme
1 1/2 t Salt
1/4 t Pepper
1 lb Pork Sausage links****

* and drained ** in one piece *** use white parts of leeks only, cleaned and washed **** cook and drain sausage links large kettle with 6 cups water. Cook slowly, covered, 1 1/2 hours, until tender. Put bacon, carrots, celery

root, leeks, onions, thyme, salt, and pepper in another kettle. Cover with water. Cook slowly, covered, 40 minutes until vegetables and bacon are tender. Take out bacon; slice and keep warm. Remove vegetables and add to cooked split peas with as much as the broth in which the vegetables were cooked as desired to thin the soup. Reheat, if necessary. Ladle soup, including vegetables, into wide soup plates and serve sliced bacon and the cooked sausage links separately on a platter. Serve with dark bread, mustard, and beer. Serves 6 to 8.

Answer 2

I use the left ham bone with meat around it, split peas, low salt veg. broth, with a little salt and some pepper. Then remove the bone and any meat after cooking and then blend the soup. Also I add a few cloves of garlic, 2 carrots and a2 pieces of celery

Answer 3

Split Pea Soup

1 large Spanish onion, chopped
2 cloves garlic, chopped
4 tablespoons canola oil
2 bay leaves
1 1/2 teaspoons celery seed
1 pound green split peas
2 cups small white beans (Navy, or pea beans)
17 cups cold water
1 tablespoon sea salt
freshly ground black pepper to your taste
2 teaspoons dried herbes de Provence
1/2 teaspoon freshly ground cumin
3 carrots, chopped coarsely
3 stalks celery, chopped
1 large (Idaho) potato, diced
1/2 cup chopped flat leaf parsley

Preparation:

Sauté onion and garlic in oil until soft, along with bay leaves and celery seed. Stir in the peas and beans. Add 13 cups of water and bring the mixture to a boil. Cover the pot and simmer over low heat for about 1 hour and 20 minutes.

Add the remaining vegetables, salt and pepper, herbs and remaining 4 cups water. Turn the heat down as low as possible and simmer for another hour. If the soup becomes too thick, thin it with additional water to taste.

Answer 4

I use garlic sausage salt and pepper and sometimes a bit of onion. I serve mine with garlic croutons..mmmmmm

Answer 5

Mine is really Simple but you can eat it by itself.

I let it boil and when It get mushy I sprinkle little pieces bacon on it. then I Season it with spices like Garlic salt, Onion Powder, Etc.. Then it's served w/ Crackers.

Answer 6

you won't like my answer... I discovered Campbell Soup's Low Sodium Split Peas Soup when I got my wisdom teeth out... I microwave it and add just a pinch of salt.

Weird - but I love it.

Answer 7

my mom just made it last week, she puts ham in it. ussually a whole hame bone with some meat on it. While cooking the meat slips off and the bone and meat add great flavor. She puts potatos, and carrots in it too. I think other veggies, im not sure, havent watched her make it

Answer 8

i cook mine all day on a wood burning stove, use ham hocks, celery, onion, black pepper, dont use much salt if the ham hocks are smoked..
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