Yellow Split Pea Soup With Lemon Recipes

QUEBEC-STYLE YELLOW SPLIT PEA SOUP

Steps:

• Trim off and discard skin from ham hocks.
• In a large soup pot or Dutch oven, melt butter over medium heat. Add carrots, celery and onion. Cook, stirring regularly, until softened, about 10 minutes.
• Stir in dried split peas, bay leaf ,savory and thyme. Cook, stirring, for about 2 minutes.
• Stir in chicken broth and water. Add the ham hock. Bring to a boil, then reduce heat to medium-low, cover the pot and simmer, stirring occasionally, until the peas are very soft and soup is thickened, about 1 1/2 - 2 hours. *NOTE: You may need to add additional water or stock if soup gets too thick.
• PICK OUT AND DISCARD BAY LEAF and remove the ham hock to a plate. *Note: I prefer a thicker soup, so I blend just a bit of the soup with an immersion blender or blender. Just do a quick blend (or blend just a cup of the soup. You don't want a completely pureed soup. You want it to retain most of it's texture, but the bit of pureed soup will incorporate with the broth for a thicker soup.)
• Let ham hock cool slightly, then remove any meat on the hock and add it back to soup. Discard the fat and bone from the hock.
• Stir to combine meat with soup. Taste and generously season with salt and pepper, to taste.

HEARTY SPLIT PEA SOUP WITH BACON

Steps:

• Dice bacon into 1/4-inch cubes. Place in a heavy 6-quart pot over medium-low heat. Cook until fat is rendered and translucent. Add onion, carrot, celery and garlic. Cook until onion and garlic are soft and translucent. Season with salt and pepper.
• Add split peas, stir to coat with fat, and add bay leaves and 2 quarts stock. Increase heat and bring to a boil. Reduce heat so soup simmers. Skim foam that rises to the surface for about 10 minutes, until no more appears. Add thyme leaves. Simmer uncovered about 1 hour or longer, until peas are soft and starting to fall apart. Add more stock, as needed.
• Remove soup from heat. Add salt and pepper to taste. Purée soup in a food processor in several batches, short of perfect smoothness; you should be able to spoon up some texture. Reheat soup, skimming off any foam. Stir from the bottom to mix well, then ladle into bowls and serve.

CANADIAN YELLOW SPLIT PEA SOUP WITH HAM

Steps:

• Place split peas, ham bone, carrots, onion, celery, thyme, bay leaf, salt, and pepper into a large pot; pour in water. Bring mixture to a boil and skim off any foam with a spoon. Reduce heat; place a lid on the pot slightly ajar to allow some evaporation. Simmer, stirring occasionally, until peas are tender and soup is thick, about 3 hours.
• Remove ham bone from soup; strip meat from ham bone, chop meat, and return it to the pot.

YELLOW SPLIT PEA SOUP WITH LEMON

Steps:

• Bring the peas, water, and bay leaf to a boil, then simmer until the peas are completely soft, about 45 minutes.
• Remove bay leaf, press peas through a sieve and return the puree to the soup pot.
• Melt butter and olive oil in a skillet over medium heat.
• Add onions and cook until soft. Add carrot, celery, garlic, salt, and ground cumin, and cook 10 minutes.
• Add the vegetables to the pea puree and simmer until they are soft. (Rinse out the skillet with a small amount of water, then add the water to the soup.) Add lemon peel and juice to taste.
• Check for salt and cumin and add more of each if desired.
• Finish with black pepper to taste and serve sprinkled with paprika and garnished with fresh herbs.

YELLOW SPLIT-PEA SOUP WITH LEMON

Steps:

• In a large cooking pot, heat olive oil on medium-high heat.
• Add onion and cook uncovered for 5 minutes, stirring often, until onion is softened and starting to brown.
• Reduce heat to medium and add carrots, celery, garlic, yellow split peas, chicken broth and cook uncovered for about 5 minutes, stirring occasionally until carrots start to soften.
• Add bay leaf and bring to boil.
• Reduce heat to medium low, and simmer for about 1 1/2 hours or until peas are soft but not mushy.
• Discard bay leaf.
• Add spinach, heat and stir for about 1 to 2 minutes or until spinach is wilted.
• Add lemon juice and black pepper and stir well.
• Adjust seasonings to taste.
• Refrigerate any unused portions.

GOLDEN YELLOW SPLIT PEA SOUP

Steps:

• Heat the oil in a Dutch oven over medium-high heat. Add the onion, garlic, carrots, celery and turmeric and cook until the vegetables are tender, about 5 minutes. Add the peas, vegetable broth, thyme and 1/2 teaspoon each salt and pepper.
• Bring to a boil; cover, reduce the heat to low and simmer until the peas are tender and the soup is thickened, 40 to 45 minutes. Stir in 1 to 2 cups water at the end of cooking if the soup is too thick.
• Meanwhile, stir together the sour cream, paprika and 1/4 teaspoon each salt and pepper. Spoon the soup into serving bowls and top with the sour cream. Garnish with thyme, if desired.

GREEK SPLIT PEA SOUP WITH LEMON

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F.
• For the soup: Heat the EVOO in a soup pot over medium heat. Add the onions and garlic. Season with salt and pepper and cook until tender, 8 to 10 minutes. Add the stock and peas, bring to a boil, then reduce heat to a simmer and cook until just tender, 20 minutes. Remove half the soup and puree with the mint and parsley until smooth in a food processor or high powered blender. Return the puree to the pot, and stir in the lemon juice. Taste and adjust the salt and pepper. Cool and store for a make-ahead meal.
• For the flatbread: Arrange the flatbread on a wire rack over a baking sheet, spray with the olive oil on both sides and season with salt and oregano. Roast in the oven to toasted and crisp. Store at room temperature in an airtight container.
• Reheat the soup over medium heat. Serve the soup garnished with feta crumbles and a light sprinkle of cumin and paprika, a drizzle of EVOO and flatbread chips.

YELLOW SPLIT PEA SOUP

Steps:

• In a large saucepan, saute onion and celery in oil and butter until tender. Add broth; bring to a boil. Add peas; return to a boil. Reduce heat; cover and simmer for 1 hour or until peas are tender. , Stir in lemon juice, cumin and pepper; simmer for 5 minutes. In small batches, puree soup in a blender; return to the pan. Heat for 4-5 minutes. Garnish with parsley and pistachios.

DANISH-STYLE YELLOW SPLIT PEA SOUP

Steps:

• Drain the peas and bring to the boil in a pan of salted water. Cook for 10 mins, drain, rinse and put in a slow cooker with the remaining ingredients except the dill. Cover and cook on low for 6-8 hrs, or until everything has softened. Remove and discard the thyme.
• Stir, adjusting the soup with 250-300ml boiled water as needed. Season to taste. Sprinkle over the dill and serve with rye bread, mustard and pickle, if you like.