Pea Soup With Black-Cat Croutons - W
- Ready In:
- 2hrs 20mins
- Ingredients:
- 17
- Serves:
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8
ingredients
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SOUP
- 5 slice bacon
- 2 medium onions, chopped
- 2 large carrots, peeled and chopped
- 1 large celery rib, chopped
- 2 garlic cloves, minced
- 2 (1814.36 g) carton low sodium chicken broth
- 118.29 ml water
- 354.88 ml split peas, rinsed
- 141.74 g bag baby mixed greens
- 2 bay leaves
- 4.92 ml dried thyme, crumbled
- 7.39 ml salt
- fresh ground black pepper, to taste
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CROUTONS
- 8 slice frozen firm pumpernickel bread (thin slices)
- 14.79 ml butter, melted
- 44.37 ml olive oil
- 118.29 ml sour cream (optional)
directions
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MAKE SOUP:
- Sauté bacon in large pot over medium-high heat until crisp and brown. Remove and set aside.
- Add onion, carrot and celery to pan; sauté until vegetables begin to soften.
- Add garlic; sauté for 1 minute.
- Add broth, water, peas, bay leaves and thyme; bring to a boil.
- Reduce heat to medium-low, partially cover pot and simmer until vegetables are tender and peas fall apart, stirring occasionally, 1 to 1 1/2 hours.
- REMOVE BAY LEAVES!
- Puree 5 cups soup in batches in blender and return to pot.
- Stir in salt and season with pepper to taste.
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MAKE CROUTONS:
- Preheat oven to 300ºF.
- Remove pumpernickel slices from freezer and let thaw for 5 minutes.
- Mix butter with olive oil in a small bowl.
- Use a cat cookie cutter to cut a shape from each partially frozen slice of bread.
- Lightly brush cutouts with butter mixture and arrange on a cookie sheet.
- Bake until crisp, about 15 minutes. Cool croutons in pan on a rack.
- To serve, ladle soup into bowls. Crumble reserved bacon on top.
- Add a cat crouton and a dollop of sour cream to each bowl.
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