Recipe information
Ingredients for - Wintertime French Style Split Pea Soup
8. Dried split peas, rinsed - 1 pound
9. Carrots, cut into bite-size chunks - ¾ pound
10. New potatoes, cut into bite-size chunks - 2 pounds
13. Chopped lean cooked ham (Optional) - 1 ½ cups
How to cook deliciously - Wintertime French Style Split Pea Soup
1. Stage
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.
2. Stage
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.
