Yellow Split Pea Soup With Lemon

Submitted by dicentra

"This is another yellow split pea soup that I found on the internet. I haven't tried it yet, but I'm posting it for ZWT2. If someone converts this to a crock pot recipe, please let me know how you did it!"

 

• Ready In: 1hr 15mins
• Ingredients: 15
• Serves: 6-8

ingredients

• 2 cups yellow split peas, sorted and rinsed
• 8 cups water
• 1 bay leaf
• 2 tablespoons butter
• 1 tablespoon olive oil
• 1 onion, finely chopped
• 1 small carrot, peeled and finely diced
• 2 stalks celery, diced or thinly sliced
• 2 garlic cloves, minced
• 1⁄2 teaspoon salt
• 1 teaspoon cumin
• 1 large lemon, juice and zest of
• fresh ground black pepper
• paprika
• fresh parsley or fresh cilantro, minced, for garnish

directions

1. Bring the peas, water, and bay leaf to a boil, then simmer until the peas are completely soft, about 45 minutes.
2. Remove bay leaf, press peas through a sieve and return the puree to the soup pot.
3. Melt butter and olive oil in a skillet over medium heat.
4. Add onions and cook until soft. Add carrot, celery, garlic, salt, and ground cumin, and cook 10 minutes.
5. Add the vegetables to the pea puree and simmer until they are soft. (Rinse out the skillet with a small amount of water, then add the water to the soup.) Add lemon peel and juice to taste.
6. Check for salt and cumin and add more of each if desired.
7. Finish with black pepper to taste and serve sprinkled with paprika and garnished with fresh herbs.

Reviews

[gailanng]

Make this quick. Weather's starting to cool...

 

[drhousespcatcher]

This was interesting. Why I am not rating it is because I tried the crockpot conversion. What I found was something missing. I tried it with vegetable broth instead of water. That worked. There was just something missing for my taste which I tried to fix various times with Dash and some other seasonings including Braggs. It was the water vs the broth. I am betting any broth will do. The reason I left it unstarred was the conversion and I gave it a I liked it and the wife gave it a Outstanding [run over the stars with your mouse to see what is what]