Dutch pea soup
The first snow is falling down here in the Netherlands and even though it is melting the second it touches anything, it sure is cold! Which means it is time for some more traditional Dutch winter dishes.
Traditionally, pea soup is cooked with a pig leg for taste, but since that is very hard to obtain here I am using pork chops.
This soup is best after being chilled for a day, because the soup will be thicker when cool. My mother used to put the hot stockpot outside over night, covered with a lid (and something heavy) to prevent animals from eating it before we could!
Ingredients
- 1,5 liters of water
- 1 tbsp salt
- 350 gr (green) split peas
- 2 onions
- 1 big leek
- 25 gr celery
- 1 celeriac
- 2 pork chops
- 1 bay leaf
- salt and pepper to taste
- rookworst or other bologna-type sausage
Take the pork chops from the soup, remove the bone and cut it into small pieces. Add the meat, celery, celeriac, leek and the rookworst or sausage whole and cook for another 20 minutes. Stir occasionally. Remove the sausage from the soup and cut it into pieces. Add the sausage to the soup and stir.
Serve with pumpernickel or dark rye bread with smoked bacon.
Happy Cooking!
