Pea soup

 

Soup au pistou

  • 500 GRAM PORK WITH BONE
  • 250 GRAM SPLIT PEAS
  • 100 GRAM BACON, in cubes
  • 1 LEEK, in slices
  • 2 POTATOES, peeled and in cubes
  • 1/2 TURNIP, in cubes
  • 2 CARROTS, in pieces
  • 1 SMOKED SAUSAGE, in slices
 
  • 1/2 CUP DRIED WHITE BEANS, soaked overnight
  • 100 GRAM GREEN BEANS, cut
  • 100 GRAM CARROTS, cut
  • 1 ONION, chopped
  • 2 CLOVES GARLIC, chopped
  • 100 GRAM CHEESE, grated
  • 1/2 CUP OLIVE OIL
  • BUNCH OF BASIL LEAVES, chopped
  • 4 CUPS VEGETABLE STOCK

Put the pork and peas in a pan and add 1 liter of water. Bring to the boil and simmer 1 hour. Add bacon, leek, carrots, potatoes and turnip and simmer 45 minutes more. Take out the pork and cut it off the bone. Put the meat back into the soup and add the sausage. Simmer for 15 minutes. Add salt to taste. Serve with rye bread.

This is a Dutch soup. 15 December is Kingdom Day in The Netherlands. but unlike Queen's Day on 30 April, no official holiday.  It is for the signing of the charter of the Kingdom in 1954 by Queen Juliana. Click on culinary calendar for more links between cooking and worldwide history.

Cook the white beans 45 minutes in the stock. Add the green beans, carrots and onion and cook 20 minutes more. Puree the basil leaves with the garlic, olive oil and cheese in a food processor into "pistou". Ladle the soup into plates and add half a tablespoon of the pistou to each plate.


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