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freddy
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Username: freddy
Post Number: 1795
Registered: 11-2003
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Sunday, January 17, 2010 - 6:44 pm: | 
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Had this tonight with Sweet Onion Kielbasa. Very good!
* Exported from MasterCook *
Spllit Pea Soup, My Way
Recipe By :
Serving Size : 6 Preparation Time :0:00
Categories : Bobby Soups
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Freddie Johnson
2 tablespoons butter
2 medium onions -- finely chopped
3 medium carrots -- finely chopped
1 stalk celery -- thinly sliced
1 medium potato -- diced
1 ham hocks -- or meaty ham bone, about 3/4 lb.
12 ounces split peas -- rinsed and drained
12 ounces beer -- or 1 1/2 cups chicken broth *
6 cups water
1 teaspoon dried thyme
1 teaspoon dried marjoram
2 teaspoons mustard seeds -- crushed
1/8 teaspoon ground cloves -- or allspice
1/8 teaspoon cayenne pepper
1/2 pound beef frankfurter -- sliced 1/2" thick. optional
2 tablespoons cider vinegar
1/4 cup chopped parsley
1/4 cup green onion -- sliced
In a 5 1/2 qt. kettle over medium heat, melt butter. Add onions, carrots and celery and cook, stirring occasionally till vegetables are soft but not browned.
Add potato, ham hock or ham bone, split peas, beer, water and spices.
Bring to a boil, cover, reduce heat and simmer, stirring occasionally till ham and peas are very tender, 2 or 2 1/2 hours.
Remove ham bone or ham hock and when cool, pull off meat, discarding fat, skin and bones and return to the soup.
Add optional franks and reheat. Blend in vinegar. Taste and add salt, if desired.
Stir in parsley and green onions.
Serve very hot in warmed bowls.
When reheating leftovers, add water or more beer to thin if desired.
*NOTES: I had opened chicken broth in the fridge so I used that insteat of beer. This got very thick after about 1 hour of cooking time, so DH, Bobby added about another cup chicken stock. It was looking too thin so I took off the cover and brought up to a boil to thicken it up. This worked just fine. I didn't use the frankfurter; used cloves instead of allspice. This is really good.
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renée
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Username: renée
Post Number: 4053
Registered: 6-2002
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Monday, January 18, 2010 - 4:26 pm: |
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What an interesting recipe, Freddie, especially with the use of beer, also the mustard seeds. It does look to be very well balanced.
Oh, I've just read that you didn't use the beer, so you won't be able to let me know how it turned out!
What is sweet onion kielbasa?
It's soup weather at the moment here.
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freddy
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Username: freddy
Post Number: 1798
Registered: 11-2003
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Monday, January 18, 2010 - 7:22 pm: |
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Renee: I posted the recipe for Sweet Onion Kielbasa at the same time I posted the pea soup recipe. No, I didn't use beer in the pea soup but DID use it in the kielbaa recipe.
I'm sure beer would also be great in the pea soup recipe.
Freddie
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renée
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Username: renée
Post Number: 4056
Registered: 6-2002
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Wednesday, January 20, 2010 - 2:07 am: |
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Thanks, Freddie - I'll go and look for the recipe. |
johnny_c
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Username: johnny_c
Post Number: 2368
Registered: 3-2002
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Thursday, January 21, 2010 - 11:41 am: |
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Hi Freddie
If you add beer, unless it's very mild beer it should be added before cooking and not afterwards when reheated, as the bitter taste needs a few hours to come out. Be a shame to spoil the soup afer putting so much effort into it
Also you can fry the mustard seed, which develops the flavours a lot. Also this may sound daft but you can fry a couple of tsp of lentils with the mustard seed, the fried lentils also develop flavour, in Indian cooking unless it's specifically a dhal dish you will often see a tsp or 2 of fried lentils more as a spice than as a component; the same applies to onions, if they are fried until crispy (known as tarka) they act as a spice rather than a vegetable. That sounds quite good, I tend to find split pea soup a bit bland but smoe indian fried spice would kick it up nicely for me
Johnny C ` ' ` ' ` ' ` ' ` ' ` beaming live from an office shaped prison
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freddy
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Username: freddy
Post Number: 1801
Registered: 11-2003
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Thursday, January 21, 2010 - 2:33 pm: |
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Thanks Johnny C.
Well taken and noted in my recipe.
Freddie
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