Hey everyone, Merry Christmas to all of you and your loved ones on this second Christmas day! It's a great time for spending the extra time with our family and we used some of this extra time to make a soup that is a winter tradition in my country, called 'erwten soep' and, when it is left for one night the soup will thicken and then it's called 'snert'.
Don't make this soup as an appetizer, it's the main course and can be eaten with some bread on the side.
I made this soup together with my youngest daughter, it's nice to teach them how to prepare meals and teach them the skills needed to do this and it's part of raising them to be good self sustaining adults I think, it's also good to spend the extra time together to stay in touch, because as a father I'm working most hours when they are at home on work days.
As far as I know, it’s not typically Dutch. It is a traditional dish in the Netherlands, but there are legume-based soups all over the world. For example, they’re also quite common in Scandinavia. Such hearty soups exist worldwide, though the vegetables used may vary. Somewhere else, for instance, they might add a parsnip."
Ingredients:
- 2 beef bouillon cubes
- 500 grams of split peas
- 1 celeriac
- 300 grams of potatoes
- 1 onion
- 1 leek
- 1 winter carrot
- Half a box of fresh parsley or dried parsley
- 1 whole smoked sausage
- 1 teaspoon of salt
- Pepper to taste
- 1 small teaspoon of nutmeg
the celeriac is a bit hard to cut in dices, it's best to first cut it in to slices and then remove the crust, you need a sharp knife for this hard vegetable!
developing chopping skills!
the pea's look good with the pink bowl! 😁
Preparation:
Bring 2 liters of water to a boil in a large pot with the two bouillon cubes.
Dice the celeriac, carrot, and potatoes.
Finely chop the onion, parsley, and leek.
Slice the sausage into half-rounds.
Rinse the split peas.
The cutting is most of the work... almost done now!
When the bouillon is boiling, add the potatoes, celeriac, onion, leek, carrot, and split peas to the pot. The sausage and parsley will be added later.
Bring the bouillon back to a boil and let it simmer gently for 45 minutes, stirring occasionally. Do not cover the pot.
After 45 minutes, add the sausage and a teaspoon of salt, pepper to taste (I use four-season pepper), and a small teaspoon of nutmeg.
Let the soup cook for another 30 minutes until it thickens, stirring occasionally. After 30 minutes, add the parsley.
When the soup is ready, the spoon can stand upright in it!
It's delicious as it is, but's even better when it's a day old and thickens even more!
Let me know if this is similar to soups you know in other parts of the world or when you have tried it.
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It looks different to the spanish kitchen, but really tasty! And very appropiate for winter😏 and the cold dutch weather😅.
hahaha the winters aren't as strong as they used to be anymore though but it's still a tasty soup 😁
I've been to Spain only once but it was an Island, Mallorca... the kitchen there was a lot of seafood.
Gorgeous pea soup!
Love cooking pea soup with different herbs and spices. Dried mint makes it Turkish, ground coriander seeds, garlic, and chili make it Georgian, dill and black pepper make it Russian, cumin, turmeric, and cardamom make it Indian. I don't know what capers make it but it was delicious. :)
Ooh I didn't know that, it's one of those dishes you can put almost everything in, just like some Chili dishes 😀
Yup, and like lentils and kidney beans - great for experiments. Miss beans in Southeast Asia currently, after 2 years being here, bought preserved kidney beans and some spice mix (garlic, chili, galangal, lemongrass), leek, tomatoes, and mixed all that (I am at a hostel without a common kitchen so no access to a stove). As a result, I found another lovely flavor, beans with the flavor of lemongrass, "Thai style" :D Although in SEA, they only use beans for desserts.
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Wow looking delicious.I like your recipe very much.
Thank you and also for the reblog!
I like a lot this kind of recipe, pea soup looks amazing and with wurstels on it even better 😍😍😍
Thanks! Yes the sausage is great in it 😁