Ärtsoppa (Swedish pea soup)
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Ärtsoppa, the classic yellow pea soup. Traditionally served on a Thursday and made with whole dried yellow or green peas. Use the large yellow spit-peas if you can't find the whole ones.
Swedish pancakes should follow!
Ingredients
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- 450 g ( 1 lb) dried yellow peas or split-peas
- 2 medium onions peeled and finely chopped
- 225 g (8 oz) lean bacon
- ¼ teaspoon dried marjoram
- ½ teaspoon dried thyme
- 1 bay leaf
- Salt and freshly ground black pepper to taste (you probably won't need any salt if you are using salty bacon)
- 1 teaspoon wholegrain mustard to serve
Method
- Soak the dried peas for 12 hours (overnight) in plenty lots of cold water. I like to change the water and rinse a few times if I remember.
- In the morning, drain and rinse a few times in cold running water.
- To a large pan, add the chopped onions, drained peas, 1.5 litres of cold water (2 litres if you like a thinner soup), the bay leaf, the bacon or ham-hocks and bring to the boil.
- Once boiling, reduce the heat and simmer for 30 minutes.
- After 30 minutes, skim any scum from the surface, add the herbs and simmer for a further 30 minutes.
- It won't hurt to cook for longer.
- When ready to serve, discard the bay leaf, cut the meat into bite sized pieces and add back to the soup, discard any bones.
- Pour into individual serving bowls, swirl in a teaspoon of wholegrain mustard and serve.
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Variations
Instead of bacon use a few ham-hocks or a meaty ham bone.
If using fresh herbs you can probably use a little more than if using dried herbs.
Chef's notes
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