Hollandse Erwten Split Pea Soup Recipes

TRADITIONAL DUTCH SPLIT PEA SOUP (SNERT)

Steps:

• Gather the ingredients.
• In a large soup pot , bring water, split peas, pork belly or bacon, pork chop, and bouillon cube to a boil. Reduce the heat to a simmer, cover, and let cook for 45 minutes, stirring occasionally, and skimming off any foam that rises to the top.
• Remove the pork chop, debone, and thinly slice the meat. Set aside.
• Add the celery, carrots, potato, onion, leek, and celeriac to the soup. Return to the boil, reduce the heat to a simmer and let cook, uncovered, for another 30 minutes, adding a little extra water if the ingredients start to stick to the bottom of the pot.
• Add the smoked sausage for the last 15 minutes of cooking time. When the vegetables are tender, remove the bacon and smoked sausage, slice thinly, and set aside.
• If you prefer a smooth consistency, purée the soup with a stick blender. Season to taste with salt and pepper. Add the meat back to the soup, setting some slices of rookworst aside.
• Serve in heated bowls or soup plates, garnished with slices of rookworst and chopped celery leaf.

OMA'S SPLIT PEA (ERWTEN) SOUP

Steps:

• If tenderized peas are used, simply cover them with the water and boil according to the package directions. (If not, wash peas, soak for 12 hours or overnight in the water, and boil for 1 hour in the water in which they were soaked.)
• Add ham hock and all remaining ingredients except the sausage and parsley.
• Cook for two hours over medium heat or until meat is tender. Remove the ham hock, shred the meat and reserve.
• Continue cooking until soup is smooth and thick. Remove bay leaf. Add shredded meat and sausage. Simmer for 5-10 minutes longer.
• Serve hot with parsley sprinkled over.

HOLLANDSE ERWTEN (SPLIT PEA) SOUP

Steps:

• Empty split peas from package,; wash and check for foreign matter.
• Cut carrots, celery, bacon and onion into 1/4-inch dice; set aside.
• Peel and quarter potato; set aside.
• Add Bacon to 6 quart pot and over medium heat stir and fry until crispy.
• Remove Bacon and discard all but a teaspoon of bacon fat.
• Add onions and cook until caramelized.
• Add 4 quarts water and split peas to the pot on high flame; bring to boil.
• Turn down flame to low to medium.
• Add potato and rinsed ham hocks.
• Cook approximately 1 hour or until potato is almost done.
• Add celery and carrots.
• Cook an additional 20-30 minutes.
• Take the ham hocks out of the pot and remove the meat.
• Take your potato masher and mash the potato to thicken the soup.
• Add the ham hock meat.
• Stir this soup occasionally as the peas tend to stick to the bottom of the pot.
• Do not add salt and pepper as ham hocks may be salty enough.
• Serve with croutons.
• Add salt and pepper to taste.

ERWTENSOEP - DUTCH PEA SOUP

Steps:

• Wash the peas and soak them overnight in the amount of water given. Next day bring them to the boil together with the spareribs and the bacon; simmer on very low heat for approx 1 1/2 hours, stirring occasionally. Add the leeks and the celeriac; cook for another hour or until the soup becomes thick - with the lid off. Lift out the spareribs, remove the meat from the bones, and return the meat to the pan.
• Add the sausage, let it warm through and season the soup to taste and maybe add bouillion cube(s) , add the chopped celery leaves and parsley just before serving.