Québécois-Style Pea Soup
Recipe: #20518
August 08, 2015
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"This traditional pea soup is the ultimate in Quebec-style comfort food. Look for an unsmoked ham hock in the meat department of your local supermarket. If you can't find one, a smoked ham hock will work – just reduce the salt in the recipe to 1/4 tsp."
Original is 5 servings
Ingredients
Nutritional
- Serving Size: 1 (349.3 g)
- Calories 649
- Total Fat - 22.6 g
- Saturated Fat - 10.6 g
- Cholesterol - 90.6 mg
- Sodium - 2241.8 mg
- Total Carbohydrate - 70 g
- Dietary Fiber - 25.6 g
- Sugars - 12 g
- Protein - 44 g
- Calcium - 119.9 mg
- Iron - 5.9 mg
- Vitamin C - 10.2 mg
- Thiamin - 1.7 mg
Step by Step Method
Step 1
Trim off and discard skin from ham hock; set hock aside.
Step 2
In large Dutch oven, melt butter over medium heat; cook carrots, celery, onion and garlic, stirring occasionally, until softened and golden, about 15 minutes.
Step 3
Stir in split peas, bay leaves, savory, salt and pepper; cook, stirring, for 2 minutes.
Step 4
Stir in 8 cups water; add ham hock. Bring to boil; reduce heat, cover and simmer, stirring occasionally, until peas are very soft and soup is thickened, 1-1/2 to 2 hours.
Step 5
Discard bay leaves. Transfer ham hock to plate; let cool enough to handle. Discarding bone and any fat, dice meat and return to soup; heat through.
Step 6
Garlic Toasts: Meanwhile, cut baguette into 12 slices; spread with butter. Broil until golden, about 2 minutes. Rub with garlic; sprinkle with salt. Serve with soup.
Tips
No special items needed.
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