Split Pea Soup
This is a great soup to cook in a crockpot while you are at work. Add a salad
and some good bread, and your dinner is waiting for you at the end of a long
day. The soup freezes well in a zippered plastic bag. You can reheat it in
the microwave or on the stove. If you don't have hard salami, add some cut up
frankfurters or other cured meat.
Ingredients
- 2 cups dried split peas, yellow or green
- 2 quarts water
- 1 cup cubed hard salami
- 1 large onion, finely chopped
- 2-3 carrots, sliced
- 1 bay leaf
- 1/2 tsp. thyme
- 1 T. or more salt
- black pepper to taste
Wash and sort peas. Add water, bring to boil with other ingredients. Simmer
for 2-3 hours (covered) or for 8-10 hours at low in a crockpot. Mash the peas in the pot, or pureé the soup
(not the salami or bay leaf). Adjust seasoning.
This recipe works just as well with
lentils instead of split peas.