Crème de Petits Pois (Split Pea Soup) Recipe

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Ingredients:

4 oz. chopped onions
2 T butter
2 cloves of garlic, minced
8 oz split peas that have soaked in water for four hours
4 oz frozen green peas
2 oz sorrel
1 bunch watercress
2 c. cream
Salt, pepper and nutmeg to flavor

Directions:

1. Sweat onions in butter
2. Add drained split peas. Cover with water and simmer for 1 1/2 hours
3. Mix in the frozen peas to give color. Add cream.
4. Pour through a very fine strainer, mashing the solid part through.
5. Season soup with chopped sorrel, nutmeg, salt and pepper.
6. Decorate bowls of soup with chopped watercress.

Serves 4 to 6

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Submitted 4/17/06.
Source: epicurean magazine
Submitted By: b smith

Crème de Petits Pois (Split Pea Soup)


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