Wintertime French Style Split Pea Soup Food

WINTERTIME FRENCH STYLE SPLIT PEA SOUP

Steps:

• Heat olive oil in a heavy soup pot or Dutch oven; cook and stir onion and garlic in the hot oil until soft, about 5 minutes. Stir herbes de Provence, turmeric, bay leaves, and cayenne pepper into the vegetables; cook and stir until fragrant, 2 to 3 minutes.
• Mix dried split peas, half the carrots, half the potatoes, vegetable stock, and water into vegetables and seasonings, bring to a bowl, and reduce heat to low. Cover pot and simmer until peas are nearly tender, about 35 minutes. Stir remaining half of carrots and potatoes and the ham into soup, cover, and simmer until vegetables are tender, about 25 more minutes.

SPLIT PEA SOUP

Steps:

• First make your stock.
• Sauté the stock ingredients in a large soup pot with enough vegetable oil to cover the bottom of the pan.
• When the vegetables start to get somewhat soft, cover everything with water.
• Let simmer two to three hours.
• In a smaller soup pot, sauté finely diced vegetables.
• Add flour, stirring constantly for three minutes.
• Add 1 1/2 quarts hot stock.
• Add split peas.
• Simmer 45 minutes to an hour, adjusting seasoning.

GREEN SPLIT PEA SOUP RECIPE

Steps:

• In a dutch oven or pot, heat olive oil over medium-high heat, add the onion, and sauté for 5 minutes. Add carrots, celery, and garlic, and sauté, stirring frequently, for 6-8 minutes. Add the split peas, and vegetable broth.
• Bring to a boil, cover, reduce heat to medium-low and simmer for 1 hour, stirring occasionally. Let soup cool slightly.
• Using an immersion blender, carefully, as to not burn yourself, puree soup until desired consistency. You can also puree using a food/processor or blender, which may take two batches. Taste for seasoning, adding salt and pepper as needed. Soup will thicken upon standing.

WINTERTIME FRENCH STYLE SPLIT PEA SOUP

Steps:

• Heat olive oil in a heavy soup pot or Dutch oven; cook and stir onion and garlic in the hot oil until soft, about 5 minutes. Stir herbes de Provence, turmeric, bay leaves, and cayenne pepper into the vegetables; cook and stir until fragrant, 2 to 3 minutes.
• Mix dried split peas, half the carrots, half the potatoes, vegetable stock, and water into vegetables and seasonings, bring to a bowl, and reduce heat to low. Cover pot and simmer until peas are nearly tender, about 35 minutes. Stir remaining half of carrots and potatoes and the ham into soup, cover, and simmer until vegetables are tender, about 25 more minutes.

SPLIT PEA SOUP

Steps:

• Put all ingredients and 7 cups of water in a 5 and 1/2 quart or larger slow cooker.
• Cover and cook on high for 6 hours pr low 12 hours until peas are very soft and they fall apart.
• Remove ham.
• When cool enough to handle, cut meat off the bone, dice and return to soup.