Pea soup

Name: Pea soup
Cook time: 2 h 15 min
Total time: 2 h 15 min
Yield: 4
Ingredients: 100 g streaky smoked bacon; 1 collar Soup Greens; 400 g Potatoes; 1 Onion; 1 TEASPOON Oil; 200 g dried, green peas; 1 Bay leaf; 7-10 Tbsp dried marjoram; 7-10 Tbsp Salt; 7-10 Tbsp Pepper; 4–8 Vienna sausages

AUTHOR
Reed Chan

DIFFICULTY
very easy

RATING

COOK TIME
135 mins

TOTAL TIME
135 mins

Ingredients

Servings: 4

100 g streaky smoked bacon
1 collar Soup Greens
400 g Potatoes
1 Onion
1 TEASPOON Oil
200 g dried, green peas
1 Bay leaf
7-10 Tbsp dried marjoram
7-10 Tbsp Salt
7-10 Tbsp Pepper
4–8 Vienna sausages

Directions

1
Cut the bacon into strips. Peel the celery. Clean and wash the leek. Peel and wash potatoes and carrots. Peel onion. Dice vegetables and potatoes. Heat oil in a large pot, fry bacon in it until crispy.
2
Fry peas, vegetables, potatoes, onion and bay leaf in the oil, add 1.5 litres of water and bring to the boil. Cover and cook for about 2 hours until creamy.
3
If the soup is too thick, dilute with water. If it is not creamy enough, puree it gently with a hand blender. Season to taste with marjoram, salt and pepper. Add the sausages to the soup and warm them up.