Soupe Aux Pois Beauceons (Pea Soup, Beauce Style)
Recipe
- Title:
- Soupe Aux Pois Beauceons (Pea Soup, Beauce Style)
- Categories:
- Soups/stews, Ethnic, Pork/ham
- Yield:
- 8 servings
Ingredients
- 2 c Dried white pea beans
- 1/2 lb Salt pork
- 2 tb Butter
- 1
- Garlic clove
- 1/2 c Onion, chopped
- 8 c Cold water
- 1/4 c Leek, chopped, white part
- 2 tb Salted herbs, rinsed in cold
- -only
- -water
- 1/4 c Smoked ham, plus ham bone
Directions
- Servings: 8
Directions
- Soak peas for at least 8 hours or overnight in water to cover; drain.
- Heat butter in a large, heavy pot and saute onion and leek until tender.
- Add peas, ham, salt pork (in one piece), garlic, water and salted herbs.
- Bring quickly to a boil, lower heat, partly cover, and cook gently for 2 to 3 hours or until peas are tender.
- Stir occasionally during cooking, adding more water if necessary.
- Remove salt pork, cut in small pieces, then return to soup.
- May be frozen.
Directions
- Source: A Taste of Quebec by Julian Armstrong Posted by : Linda Davis
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