Happy St. Patrick's Day, everyone. Even if you're not going to make anything specifically Irish, a green soup still seems appropriate, no? This is based on a recipe originally found in the December 2006 issue of Bon Appetit, which spikes an ordinary split pea soup with green peas to boost its color and dill to brighten its flavor. The result was delicious, but its consistency was a lot thinner than what I had expected from a split pea soup. So I set to work, and after some tinkering, this is my take on it.
RECIPE
Makes 4 servings. Modified from Bon Appetit, December 2006.
INGREDIENTS
I tested this recipe with both the basic and preferred/optional ingredients. The basic ingredients will work, but the preferred ones will give you much more flavor.
Quantity
Alternate Measures
Item
140 g
5 oz (1 cup)
Frozen petite peas (also sold as baby sweet peas)
200 g
7 oz (1 cup)
Green split peas
115 g
4 oz (about 1½ cup)
Leeks (from one large or two small leeks, white and light green parts only)
1 ea.
1 ea.
Bay leaf
30 g
1 oz (5 tbsp chopped)
Fresh dill leaves (from about 8–10 stalks), or
1 package baby dill
30 ml
2 tbsp
Vegetable oil, or extra virgin olive oil (preferred)
950 g
2 lb 1½ oz (4 cups)
Water, or vegetable stock (preferred)
8 g
1 piece, about 4"–6" long
Dried kombu (optional)
5 ml
1 tsp
Table salt (if using water; use less with stock)
EQUIPMENT
INSTRUCTIONS
NOTES
This looks amazing! My attempts at pea soup have never looked this good...must try this recipe :)
ReplyDeleteMmm. I love pea soup. My recipe is also a combination of split peas and frozen sweet peas. Yours looks delicious.
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Very pretty for St. Patrick's Day! I made a non-Irish dish, Pot O' Gold Soup: http://tamiskitchentabletalk.blogspot.com/2009/03/pot-o-gold-soup-lucky-lemon-lime-drops.html
ReplyDeleteMade this tonight (without the kombu because I didn't have any) and it was delicious! I always preferred a meatless split pea soup and this hit the spot!
ReplyDeleteThanks, anichila!
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