Creamy Split Pea Soup

Submitted by SJG3483

"This is a thick, delicious vegetarian soup. Enjoy it on a cold night. You can use squash instead of sweet potatoes if you want."

 

• Ready In: 11hrs 5mins
• Ingredients: 11
• Serves: 8

ingredients

• 473.18 ml dried split peas, sorted and rinsed (1 pound)
• 1419.54 ml water
• 1 large sweet potato, peeled and chopped
• 1 large onion, chopped
• 4 garlic cloves, finely chopped
• 14.79 ml salt
• 709.77 ml chopped spinach leaves
• 236.59 ml half-and-half (or milk for a lighter version)
• 29.58 ml chopped fresh dill
• pepper
• 118.29 ml dry sherry (optional)

directions

1. Mix peas, water, sherry sweet potatoes, onion, garlic, and salt in a 4 quart crockpot.
2. Cover and cook on low for 10-11 hours until vegetables are tender.
3. Stir in spinach, half and half, and dill.
4. Cover and cook on low for 30 minutes or until spinach is wilted.
5. Season with pepper.

Reviews

[MelanieD]

Great recipe! I made the following adjustments based on what I had in the house and it worked well: - yogurt instead of half-n-half - frozen instead of fresh spinach - dry instead of fresh dill (added at the beginning)

 

[winkki]

This is a great autumn/winter soup, very colorful and filling. I made it on the stovetop and it only took about an hour, start to finish. The only real substitution I made was to use thyme and rosemary in place of the dill as we are not dill 'fans.' I'm sure we'll be making this again ~ thanks for posting! :)