Canadian Yellow Split-Pea Soup

Servings: 4
Ingredients:

4 1/2 oz Sorted uncooked yellow split
-peas
1 qt Water
1/2 ts Salt
2 ts Vegetable oil
2 oz Diced Canadian-style bacon
1 c  Each chopped onions and
-sliced carrots
1/4 ts Each crumbled sage leaves
-and ground allspice
Dash      white pepper, or
-to taste
2 tb Chopped fresh parsley

Rinse peas. In a 4-quart saucepan, combine peas, water and salt. Bring to
a boil; remove from heat and let soak for 1 hour. In a 10-inch nonstick
skillet heat oil over medium-high heat; add bacon and cook, stirring
frequently, until browned. Stir in onions and carrots and cook, stirring
occasionally, until onions are translucent; add to peas in saucepan and
stir to combine. Add remaining ingredients except parsley and bring to a
boil. Reduce heat to low, cover, and let simmer, stirring occasionally to
prevent mixture from sticking to bottom of pan, until peas are softened and
mixture thickens, about 45 minutes. If soup becomes too thick, add up to
an additional cup of water. Serve each portion sprinkled with fresh
parsley.

Makes 4 servings.

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Posted by Fred Peters.