French Canadian Yellow Split Pea Soup Recipes

FRENCH CANADIAN YELLOW SPLIT-PEA SOUP

Steps:

• In a large soup pot or Dutch oven melt the butter and saute the onion, carrots, and celery until they soften. About 8-10 minutes.
• Add the chicken broth, water, peas, bay leaves, thyme, and savory. Stir.
• Add the ham hock and ham and bring all to a boil.
• Cover the pot and simmer the 2 hrs. stirring occasionally until the peas are soft.
• Remove the meat from the hock and put it back into the soup.
• Salt and pepper to taste. (Remove the bay leaf before serving.)
• Serve immediately.

FRENCH CANADIAN YELLOW SPLIT PEA SOUP WITH MAPLE CREAM

Steps:

• Pre-heat the pressure cooker using the BROWN setting.
• Add the butter to the pressure cooker and sauté the onion, carrot, garlic and thyme. Cook until the vegetables just start to soften - about 5 minutes. Add the split peas, ham bone, ham chunks, bay leaves and the water. Lock the lid in place.
• Pressure cook on HIGH for 10 minutes.
• While the soup is cooking, combine the sour cream and maple syrup in a small bowl.
• Let the pressure drop NATURALLY for 10 minutes. Then release any remaining pressure using the QUICK-RELEASE method and carefully remove the lid. Remove the ham hock from the pot and let it cool enough to pull any meat from the bone. Remove the chunks of ham and cut into small dice. Return the diced ham to the soup and season to taste with salt and freshly ground black pepper. Serve with a drizzle or dollop of the maple cream on top.

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.

FRENCH CANADIAN PEA SOUP

Steps:

• Rinse peas.
• In heavy pot mix peas, ham bone, onion, salt, pepper and onion with 8 cups of water.
• Bring to boil, reduce heat and cover. Simmer for 1 ½ hours stirring often.
• Remove ham bone from heat and chop meat.
• Return meat to pot, add vegetables and simmer 30 minutes.
• Add cooked crumbled bacon, cream and butter.
• Heat through and serve.

FRENCH-CANADIAN PEA SOUP (SOUPE AUX POIS)

Steps:

• Wash and sort peas; place in a large pot, bring to a boil.
• Remove from heat and let sit for 1 hour.
• Add salt pork, onion, celery, carrots, savory and 1 tsp salt.
• Bring to a boil; reduce heat and simmer until peas are very tender, about 2 hours, adding more water if needed.
• Remove salt pork; chop and return to soup.
• Season to taste with salt and pepper.

WINTERTIME FRENCH STYLE SPLIT PEA SOUP

Steps:

• Heat olive oil in a heavy soup pot or Dutch oven; cook and stir onion and garlic in the hot oil until soft, about 5 minutes. Stir herbes de Provence, turmeric, bay leaves, and cayenne pepper into the vegetables; cook and stir until fragrant, 2 to 3 minutes.
• Mix dried split peas, half the carrots, half the potatoes, vegetable stock, and water into vegetables and seasonings, bring to a bowl, and reduce heat to low. Cover pot and simmer until peas are nearly tender, about 35 minutes. Stir remaining half of carrots and potatoes and the ham into soup, cover, and simmer until vegetables are tender, about 25 more minutes.