Split Pea Soup With Sorrel Recipe
Yield: 8 ServingsRecipe by luhu.jp
Ingredients:
2 tbsp: Sweet butter,
2 medium: Onions, roughly diced
1 medium: Carrot, roughly diced
2: Celery stalks, roughly diced
1 tsp: Finely minced garlic,
1 1/2 cup: Dry split peas,
6 cup: Chicken stock or water OR low-sodium chicken broth,
1 small: Ham hock, -=OR=-
6 ounce: -Cooked ham or bacon,
1: Lemon, cut in half
3 bunch: Fresh sorrel,
1 cup: Whipping cream,
Salt and pepper, to taste
Directions:
IN A STOCK POT, over low heat, melt the butter and add the onion,
carrot, celery and garlic. Let the vegetables cook, stirring, until
limp, about 15 minutes, being careful not to brown. Add the split
peas, stock, ham hock and lemon and bring to a boil. Reduce the heat
to low and simmer for 30 minutes, or until the peas are completely
soft. Remove the ham hock and the lemon. Add the sorrel and cream.
Transfer to a food processor or blender and puree until smooth.
Strain through a fine sieve. Taste for salt and pepper and adjust as
desired. Serve this soup piping hot or well chilled. NOTE: If the
soup is chilled, thin it with an additional cup of stock, low-sodium
broth or water.
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carrot, celery and garlic. Let the vegetables cook, stirring, until
limp, about 15 minutes, being careful not to brown. Add the split
peas, stock, ham hock and lemon and bring to a boil. Reduce the heat
to low and simmer for 30 minutes, or until the peas are completely
soft. Remove the ham hock and the lemon. Add the sorrel and cream.
Transfer to a food processor or blender and puree until smooth.
Strain through a fine sieve. Taste for salt and pepper and adjust as
desired. Serve this soup piping hot or well chilled. NOTE: If the
soup is chilled, thin it with an additional cup of stock, low-sodium
broth or water.
Source from luhu.jp
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