NIGELLA LAWSON YELLOW SPLIT PEA AND FRANKFURTER SOUP
Paraphrased from Nigella Lawson's book "Feast". She is such a delight to read! I have a pot simmering on the stove right now and I just had to share. She suggests serving this soup on New Year's Day, so I'm running a little late.
Provided by Mercy
Categories Lunch/Snacks
Time 1h15m
Yield 6-8 serving(s)
Number Of Ingredients 10
Steps:
- Peel the onion, carrot and garlic and cut the onion and carrot into rough chunks. Put them all, along with the roughly cut up stick of celery into the bowl of a food processor. Blitz till all are finely chopped.
- Spoon the oil into a heavy-based wide saucepan and put on medium heat. When warm, add the chopped vegetables from the processor and cook for 5-10 minutes, until soft but not colored.
- Add the ground mace-give a good stir and then add the split peas and stir again until their are glossily mixed with the oil-slicked, cooked-down vegetables. Pour over 5 cups stock and add the bay leaves, then bring to a boil. Cover, turn down the heat and cook for about an hour until everything is tender and sludgy, adding more stock as needed. Sometimes the peas seem to thicken too much before they actually cook and need to be watered down. Taste for seasoning once everything's ready.
- You can add the frankfurters as you wish. It's probably easiest just to cut them into slices - I tend to add them in chunks of about and inch each - and throw them into the soup warm, but I just put them in the microwave (40 seconds on high is about right for one or two franks) then slice them hot and add them to each person's bowl as they come. Not an elegant soup, I'll admit, but a near-perfect one.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 488.3, Fat 22.1, SaturatedFat 7.2, Cholesterol 30, Sodium 695.1, Carbohydrate 48.6, Fiber 19.5, Sugar 7.2, Protein 25.4
PEA AND PESTO SOUP
Providing something hot to eat is the hardest challenge, and although flasks of soup provide scope for spillage and mess, I feel they are worth the risk. This soup - my all-time most-requested- has the bonus, too, of being so simple to make, you can do it while you stumble about the kitchen at breakfast. While you can make it with pesto from a jar, the difference when you use the 'fresh' stuff in a tub that you find in chiller cabinets in the supermarkets is astonishing. I think soups taste better made in a blender rather than a processor, and it's best to use a blender which has a central bit in the top you can remove; this stops pressure building up, which in turn prevents you getting soup all over you or your walls. This would not be a good start to the day.
Provided by Nigella Lawson : Food Network
Categories main-dish
Time 17m
Yield enough for 2 hearty bowls
Number Of Ingredients 6
Steps:
- The quickest way to proceed is to fill a kettle first and put it on to boil. When it's boiled, measure the amount you need into a pan and put on the stove to come back to a boil.
- Add the frozen peas, scallions, salt and lime juice and let everything bubble together for 7 minutes.
- Discard the scallions and blitz the peas and their liquid with the pesto in a blender.*
- Pour into a thermos flask that you've left filled with hot water and then emptied and make sure you screw the top on securely.
- *When blending hot liquids: Remove liquid from the heat and allow to cool for at least 5 minutes. Transfer liquid to a blender or food processor and fill it no more than halfway. If using a blender, release one corner of the lid. This prevents the vacuum effect that creates heat explosions. Place a towel over the top of the machine, pulse a few times then process on high speed until smooth.
DANISH-STYLE YELLOW SPLIT PEA SOUP
Fill up on this comforting yellow split pea soup, full of vegetables and health-boosting nutrients. Serve with rye bread, mustard and pickle to complete the meal
Provided by Myles Williamson
Categories Dinner, Lunch, Soup, Starter, Supper
Time 8h20m
Number Of Ingredients 14
Steps:
- Drain the peas and bring to the boil in a pan of salted water. Cook for 10 mins, drain, rinse and put in a slow cooker with the remaining ingredients except the dill. Cover and cook on low for 6-8 hrs, or until everything has softened. Remove and discard the thyme.
- Stir, adjusting the soup with 250-300ml boiled water as needed. Season to taste. Sprinkle over the dill and serve with rye bread, mustard and pickle, if you like.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 378 calories, Fat 4 grams fat, SaturatedFat 1 grams saturated fat, Carbohydrate 57 grams carbohydrates, Sugar 11 grams sugar, Fiber 15 grams fiber, Protein 20 grams protein, Sodium 0.5 milligram of sodium
YELLOW SPLIT PEA AND FRANKFURTER SOUP
Provided by Nigella Lawson
Categories lunch, one pot, soups and stews, main course
Time 1h15m
Yield 6 to 8 servings
Number Of Ingredients 10
Steps:
- In a food processor, combine onion, carrot, celery and garlic. Process until finely chopped.
- Place a heavy, wide saucepan over medium heat, and add oil. When hot, add chopped vegetables, and sauté until soft but not colored, 5 to 10 minutes. Stir in mace. Add split peas, and stir to mix well.
- Add 4 cups stock and the bay leaves, and bring to a boil. Cover, and reduce heat to low. Simmer until peas are very soft, about 1 hour. Stir soup with a wooden spoon. If desired, adjust thickness of soup with additional stock.
- Add frankfurter pieces to soup, and simmer until well heated. Ladle into bowls and serve. (Alternatively, soup may be ladled into bowls and frankfurter pieces heated in a microwave oven, and added to each bowl as desired.)
Nutrition Facts : @context http, Calories 430, UnsaturatedFat 13 grams, Carbohydrate 44 grams, Fat 19 grams, Fiber 15 grams, Protein 22 grams, SaturatedFat 6 grams, Sodium 559 milligrams, Sugar 8 grams, TransFat 0 grams
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