FRENCH CANADIAN PEA SOUP |
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This soup has made French Canadian cuisine famous. Makes 6-8 servings |
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| 1 lb | Split green or yellow peas | 450 g | |
| 8 cups | Cold water | 2 L | |
| 1/4 cup | Bacon or other fat | 50 mL | |
| 2 | Medium onions, chopped | 2 | |
| 3 | Medium carrots, sliced | 3 | |
| 1 | Bay leaf | 1 | |
| 1/2 tsp | Dried thyme | 2 mL | |
| 1 tsp | Salt | 5 mL | |
| 1 | Ham bone with some meat | 1 | |
| 2 tbsp | Butter | 25 mL | |
| 2 tsp | Sugar | 10 mL | |
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Wash and pick over peas. Soak overnight. Sauté onions and carrots in fat in a large pot until soft but not brown. Add peas, water, seasonings, and ham bone, cover, bring to a boil. Turn heat to low and simmer for about 3 hours. Lift out bone, remove any pieces of ham from bone and set aside. Puree soup and vegetables in a blender or food processor, return to the pot, add sugar, butter and ham pieces. Taste and adjust seasoning, and cook gently again until ham is heated. |
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