Split Pea Soup
Jun 26th, 2010 by Paul
Recently I’ve had a hankering for some Split Pea Soup, usually something I associate with cold winters days … yet it’s the middle of summer. A few things led me to this urge.
I had some ham bones from a ham I’d cured and smoked some time ago in the freezer ( My mother used to save ham bones for pea soup ). I also saw a restaurant that cooks just split pea soup on some random TV show.
By the time I got around to making the Pea soup I’d actually already made a Ham Consommé with the bones and had some in the freezer. So I went ahead and diced up some onion, carrots, celery and garlic.
These went into the pressure cooker with some olive oil and got fried off until the onion was soft. I added in a good splash of white wine and some black pepper.
In went the Consommé, topped up with some water to make it about 4 cups. I added 400g of rinsed green split peas and brought up to pressure for about 20 minutes. I then turned off the heat and let the pressure drop down.
Once I could safely open the pressure cooker I wazzed it up with a stick mixer. On serving I sprinkled over some chopped crispy bacon and served with some freshly baked quinoa, flaxseed, and soy bean sourdough.
