Norwegian pea soup

Name: Norwegian pea soup
Cook time: 2 h 15 min
Total time: 2 h 15 min
Yield: 10
Ingredients: 1 collar Soup greens (approx. 750 g); 400 g Potatoes; 2 medium-sized onions; 3 TABLESPOONS Oil; 7-10 Tbsp Pepper; 500 g dried yellow peas; 500 g Ham bones; 2 Bay leaves; 500 g Pork sausage; 1 collar Parsley; 7-10 Tbsp Salt; 125 g ready roasted onions

AUTHOR
Kristopher Marks

DIFFICULTY
very easy

RATING

The perfect starter for the Scandinavian buffet: a hot soup, refined with roasted onion sausage topping

COOK TIME
135 mins

TOTAL TIME
135 mins

Ingredients

Servings: 10

1 collar Soup greens (approx. 750 g)
400 g Potatoes
2 medium-sized onions
3 TABLESPOONS Oil
7-10 Tbsp Pepper
500 g dried yellow peas
500 g Ham bones
2 Bay leaves
500 g Pork sausage
1 collar Parsley
7-10 Tbsp Salt
125 g ready roasted onions

Directions

1
Clean or peel, wash and chop the soup greens. Peel, wash and dice the potatoes. Peel and chop onions. Heat the oil in a large pot. Brown onions, soup vegetables and potatoes in it, season with pepper. Rinse peas and add. Add ham bones and bay leaf. Pour on about 3 l water. Bring to the boil, cover and simmer at low heat 1 1⁄2-1 3⁄4 for hours. Stir the soup from time to time.
2
Remove the sausage from the skin and cut into very thin slices. Wash and chop the parsley. Remove bones and laurel from the soup. Season soup with salt and pepper. Serve with sausage, parsley and fried onions.
3
If you can't get a ham bone from your butcher, simply buy 300 g of smoked streaky bacon in one piece, dice it and add it to the soup after cooking.