Split pea cream soup is a very dense and nutritious dish, perfect for cold days. Whenever autumn comes I feel I could do with this „military” soup (in Poland it is typically associated with military, as it is cheap, nutritious and easy to prepare in large quantities). I prepare it in a vegan version, and despite the lack of a popular addition of bacon, it lacks nothing in taste. It is extremely nutritious and tasty – my home meat-eater clings to it so hard that it’s virtually impossible to save anything for later.
RECIPE
The main ingredient is of course spit yeallow peas. This kind of peas demands only a short soaking (an hour is enough) and it’s ready to be cooked. I recommend you prepare it on homemade vegetable broth – this hour of soaking can be used to prepare such a broth. If you don’t want to do this or you simply have no time, you might as well make the contentrated vegetable stock.
INGREDIENTS (4 servings):
- 1 cup spli pea (soaked for at leas t1 hour)
- 1 carrot
- 1 onion
- 2 garlic cloves
- 2 evarage potatoes
- 1,5 l vegetable broth (homemade or contentrated)
- 3 allspices , 2 bay leaves, 3 juniper fruits, 1 tbsp marjoram, salt, pepper, 1 tsp smoked paprika,
- 1 tbsp oil
PREPARATION:
- Soak pea for at least 1 hour
- Cut carrots, onions and potatoes into cubes
- Fry the onion and garlic on a well-heated frying pan (you can also add the allspice, bay leaves and juniper fruit, which will release aromas)
- Pour approx. 1.5 l broth (homemade or concentrated) into a large pot, add all the vegetables and spices (except salt) and boil.
- Drain the peas, add fresh water and boil in a separate pot uncovered. During cooking, skim off the scum and continue to cook until tender.
- Remove bay leaves, juniper and allspice from teh broth. Put the cooked beans along with its water to the broth. Blend everything together, season with salt and possibly smoked paprika. Cook it for some more time for all the flavors to mix.
- Serve with croutons or roasted pumpkin seeds. It tastes best the next day.
ENERGY (1 serving): 265 kcal
MACROS: C 37 g / P 12 g / F 3 g
/ Fiber 1 g /