Share Pea Soup Recipes

Posted: Oct 13, 2014

I'd like to share my pea soup recipe, and would like other ideas as well. I don't measure things, so just use your own judgment, likes/dislikes. Use a very heavy pot like an enamel pot or dutch oven. First, I take some olive oil, heat it, then sautee up some chopped garlic, onions, celery and carrots. I remove them from the pan when they're done, add a little more olive oil, then brown up a ham steak really well. Let the bottom of the pot get brown. (You can cube the ham steak before you put it in, or after.) Remove the ham steak, then throw just a blub of wine, broth or water in the bottom of the pan and quickly scrape the browning off. I have a wooden spoon with a straight, non-rounded end, and it works perfectly. Add your water and peas and throw your cubed ham and veggies back in. From here, I get creative and throw a little dried basil in and other dried herbs I have lying around. A bay leaf is also great. I also like to throw some salt pork, a bouillon cube, or other salty ingredient and let it cook in there the duration of the cooking. Cook until peas are completely the consistency of soup. You may need to add water as it's cooking. From there, before serving, add water or not to your desired consistency. Oh, and it freezes really well. I make a big pot, then freeze in portion-sized containers. If you like hot dog slices in your soup, add these the last 1/2 hour of cooking. Mmm, Mmm, Good.;