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Quebec Yellow Split Pea Soup (Habitant Pea Soup)

Name: Quebec Yellow Split Pea Soup (Habitant Pea Soup)
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 90 min
Total time: 100 min
Yield: 6 servings
Cuisine: Canada
Ingredients: yellow split peas 500 g; smoked ham hock 600 g; onion, chopped 150 g; carrot, diced 100 g; celery, diced 80 g; water 1500 ml; bay leaves 2 pieces; dried thyme 2 g; black pepper 2 g

A hearty split pea soup with ham hock, herbs and root vegetables.

100 minutes · 6 servings · Easy

Quebec keeps this soup deliberately thick, close to a purée, and traditionally serves it in small bowls with dumplings on the side to soak up the broth. The dumplings do the work of a thickener without clouding the colour of the peas. It is a winter soup that appears at table after a long Mass or a late Mass.

Ingredients

yellow split peas500 g
smoked ham hock600 g
onion, chopped150 g
carrot, diced100 g
celery, diced80 g
water1500 ml
bay leaves2 pieces
dried thyme2 g
black pepper2 g

Directions

1
Rinse peas.
2
Combine all ingredients; simmer 80 minutes.
3
Remove hock; return meat to bowl.
4
Blend half the soup; return to pot.

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