Swanky Split Pea Soup
From notyourmomma 16 years ago
- 6-00 minutes to make
- Serves 8
Swanky, because of the garnishes. A dressed up splendid split pea soup. 3 times the bacon/pork flavor too.
Ingredients
- 4 cups of green split peas, washed and drained. Par boil two minutes. shopping list
- 8 cups of water shopping list
- 1 smoked ham hock shopping list
- 1 lb. of Canadian bacon cut in bite size pieces shopping list
- 3 large onions, chopped shopping list
- 2 carrots, chopped shopping list
- a bouquet garni (6 sprigs fresh parsley, 2 bay leaves, a dozen pepper corns, 1 tsp of celery seed tied up in cheesecloth bag) shopping list
- 1/2 teaspoon of cayenne pepper shopping list
- salt-careful here, taste after cooking and adjust according to the salt released from the ham hock shopping list
- 2 tsp of olive oil shopping list
- 6-8 slices of proscuitto, slivered shopping list
- Pumpernickel croutons, baked in the oven with garlic butter and parmesan shopping list
How to make it
- Blanch the split peas for two minutes in boiling water. Drain
- Put the peas, ham hock, onion, carrots, and bouquet garni with the water in the slow cooker.
- Heat a medium skillet and slightly saute the Canadian bacon to release some of the fat and crisp the meat ever so slightly, sprinkle with cayenne pepper. Don't breathe deep here Add to slow cooker.
- Cover and cook 10 hours on low.
- Taste and adjust for salt. Pick off meat from the ham hock and leave in the soup. Remove bone of course.
- In skillet, heat olive oil and quickly sizzle the proscuitto until crispy.
- Make croutons with big pumpernickel chunks, drizzled with a garlic oil/butter mix and lots of parmesan cheese.
- Ladle soup in shallow bowls and top with frizzled proscuitto and croutons.
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