Best Finnish Creamy Pea Soup Recipes

FINNISH DRIED PEA SOUP (HERNEKEITTO - FINLAND)

Steps:

• Rinse and remove unwanted pieces from the peas. Cover with cold water and let soak overnight.
• Afterwards, drain and rinse the peas. Peel the onion and stud it with the cloves. Put everything into the pot with the peas. (Use fresh water for the 8 cups, not the soaking water.).
• Bring to a boil; cover, lower heat, and let simmer until they are very soft, about 2 hours, stirring often.
• Remove meat from soup. Trim it from the bones, cutting into small pieces. Return it to the soup.
• Salt to taste and serve. (I must add, however, that the listed amount of salt could be too much for some people, let alone adding more at this point. However, I've included the amounts listed by the author because she says that Finnish food is very salty. Use your own judgement.).

HERNEKEITTO (FINNISH SPLIT-PEA SOUP)

Steps:

• Form a spice bag by wrapping allspice in cheesecloth and tying with a string, or placing allspice in a stainless steal tea ball.
• In a soup kettle saucepan, combine water, peas, ham or pork hocks and allspice; bring to a boil, cover and simmer 1 hour.
• Add potatoes, carrots, onion, salt and pepper, return to boiling.
• Reduce heat, cover and simmer 30 minutes.
• Remove spice bag.
• If using pork hocks, remove and cool slightly.
• When cool enough to handle, remove meat from bones and coarsely chop.
• Return meat to soup, discard bones.

FINNISH GOLDEN SPLIT PEA SOUP(VEGETARIAN)

Steps:

• Combine vegetable stock,split peas,salt, and bay leaf in large pot.
• Bring to a boil, reduce heat to medium low and simmer 20 minute
• Mince the onions and garlic, chop the carrots, potatoes and celery.
• Saute the veggies in 1 tablespoon olive oil about 5 minutes, then add to the pot.
• Simmer an additional 40-50 minutes, until peas are very soft and almost disintegrating.
• Purée the soup in a blender or food processor until it is quite smooth or you can leave partially chunky, according to your taste. The soup will be thick and yummy.
• Add the mustard, allspice, thyme, cumin and pepper and reheat gently. Adjust seasonings to taste.
• Enjoy!
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