Best yet Rustic Split Pea Soup
I think this combination turned out especially well. The smoked turkey leg tastes just like ham. With croutons on top or some cornbread, it's a meal! Long simmering time allows the peas to get completely soft and break down so you don't have to puree them.
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INGREDIENTS
Nutrition- i smoked turkey leg
- 1lb split peas, rinsed and drained
- 1
- 1
- 3
- 1teaspoon celery seed
- 1
- 2teaspoons kosher salt
- 2quarts water
- 2cups milk
- 1cup half-and-half
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DIRECTIONS
- Put the smoked turkey leg in a six-quart pot. Oval pots are great, as turkey legs can be pretty long!
- Add the split peas and the 2 quarts of water.
- Bring to a boil, reduce to simmer.
- After a while, there will be foam on top of the water. Skim it all off and discard.
- Add the diced onion, carrot, sliced garlic, celery seed, salt and bay leaf.
- Simmer for one hour, mostly covered.
- Remove the bay leaf.
- Remove the turkey leg and allow it to cool enough to handle while you simmer the soup for another fifteen minutes.
- Remove skin, bones and tendon from turkey leg and dice the meat into bite sized pieces.
- Add meat back to soup.
- Add milk and half and half and heat to serving temperature.
- Serve in big bowls topped with freshly ground pepper.
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