Split pea soup was a staple of the German Wehrmacht and is still one of the staples of the German Bundeswehr.
300-400g peas (frozen are easiest)
bacon or pork belly (to taste, ca. 1 cup)
2-3 potatoes (ideally mealy)
3-4 carrots
1-2 onions
1/4 bulb of celeriac
1/2 stalk of leeks
some stock
salt, pepper, marjoram, parsley
Dice all the vegetables and the meat, (optionally you sweat it all off in batches first), put all in a pot. Add about 100g of peas and just enough stock so that everything is barely covered. Add salt. Bring to a boil, let it all simmer for about 20 minutes.
Then put the rest of the peas in an extra pot, fill that extra pot with the hot stock from the first pot, let the peas simmer until properly cooked. Then puree them with an immersion blender. Pour the puree back into the first pot with the other veggies and let everything simmer together for a while. Season with pepper, marjoram and parsley. Serve with freshly baked bread.
It's necessary to cook the peas in the previously used liquid. If you boil them in extra liquid and add them to the other pot like that the final pea stew/soup will get too thin and runny.
300-400g peas (frozen are easiest)
bacon or pork belly (to taste, ca. 1 cup)
2-3 potatoes (ideally mealy)
3-4 carrots
1-2 onions
1/4 bulb of celeriac
1/2 stalk of leeks
some stock
salt, pepper, marjoram, parsley
Dice all the vegetables and the meat, (optionally you sweat it all off in batches first), put all in a pot. Add about 100g of peas and just enough stock so that everything is barely covered. Add salt. Bring to a boil, let it all simmer for about 20 minutes.
Then put the rest of the peas in an extra pot, fill that extra pot with the hot stock from the first pot, let the peas simmer until properly cooked. Then puree them with an immersion blender. Pour the puree back into the first pot with the other veggies and let everything simmer together for a while. Season with pepper, marjoram and parsley. Serve with freshly baked bread.
It's necessary to cook the peas in the previously used liquid. If you boil them in extra liquid and add them to the other pot like that the final pea stew/soup will get too thin and runny.
