Soup Recipes:Bacon and Split Pea Soup

Soup Recipes:Bacon and Split Pea Soup 
Preparation time:

 10 minutes, plus
overnight soaking
Soup Recipes:Bacon and Split Pea Soup
Soup Recipes:Bacon and Split Pea Soup 


 Cooking time:
1 hour 10 minutes

 Serves:6

 Calories:

 295 per portion
 You will need

 100g/ 4 oz split peas
1 small turnip
1 carrot
2 leeks

2 tablespoons oil
8 rashers rindless smoked streaky
 bacon, diced
1.4 litres/ 2½  pints ham or chicken
stock
salt and pepper

  ½ teaspoon dried mixed herbs
150 ml/ ¼  pint single cream
1 tablespoon chopped parsley to
garnish

Cover the split peas with cold water and soak them overnight.

 Drain well. Dice the turnip and carrot. Slice the leeks into rings.

 Cook the vegetables in the oil for 5 minutes, add the bacon and continue cooking for a few minutes.

 Add the stock and split peas. Season well with salt, pepper and the mixed herbs.

  Simmer gently for an hour. Blend the
soup in a liquidiser until smooth.
Return the soup to the saucepan and reheat over a low heat.

 Stir in the cream. Pour into individual soup bowls and garnish each serving with chopped parsley .

 Next
Cook's Tip
Reserve the cooking liquid
from a joint of bacon or
gammon for this soup.
Omit the streaky bacon. Cool and
chill the liquid, then skim
off any fat before use.

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