My Chunky Bacon Pea Soup. 'yummy'

Name: My Chunky Bacon Pea Soup. 'yummy'
Yield: 8 servings
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: 1200 grams Thick Bacon Bits or Gammon, cut into big bite size pieces; 5 medium Carrots Chopped; 1 medium onion, chopped small; 200 grams yellow dried split Peas; 100 grams Red lentils; 1 tsp Black pepper; 1/2 cup Double cream, if needed to thicken; tsp salt

Maureen 😀 @Moe131

Liverpool England

This #soup is ideal to get ready early morning for later in the day or for the following day its even better, a lot thicker. It originated in Ireland and favoured by the Liverpool people, i believe who named it ' peawak ' it was my grandmother who taught me.

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Ingredients

8 servings

1200 gramsThick Bacon Bits or Gammon, cut into big bite size pieces
5medium Carrots Chopped
1medium onion, chopped small
200 gramsyellow dried split Peas
100 gramsRed lentils
1 tspBlack pepper
1/2 cupDouble cream, if needed to thicken
tspsalt

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Steps

1

Cut up the bacon and leave a little fat on it, for taste, discard the rest you cut up.
2

Soak the bacon or gammon for 1/2 an hour in cold water rinse the bacon two times. Then add to a large saucepan
3

Soak the split peas and red lentils together for the same time, then rinse these too in cold water
4

Add the bacon to a large saucepan along with the lentils and split peas.
5

Chop up onion and carrots. Works out to 1 1/2 cups of chopped carrot, 1 cup of onion.
6

Add the cold water on top of the mix and it should be 1 1/2 inch clear of the lentil mix
7

Put on high heat and cover bring to the boil stirring occasionally, boil for 10 minutes then strain all the water off to get rid of excess salt.
8

Add the same amount of water (boiling water) to the same pan of soup mix and bring to the boil. Add the black pepper
9

Add the chopped carrots and onion and when boiling turn down uncover and leave to simmer for 1 - 2 hours. Stirring occasionally.
10

At the end of the 2 hours stir it, then leave it to cool. When cooled and just leave it for a couple of hours, you can refrigerate for the following day and you can freeze too.
11

When you are ready to dish it out, heat through and it should be thick and the bacon all tender, you can add 1/2 cup of double cream if you want it thicker stir and serve piping hot with lovely crusty bread rolls and sprinkles of extra black pepper on top.

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Maureen 😀 @Moe131

on December 07, 2015 09:55

Liverpool England

Cookpad founder Member Ambassador, Also a Cookaholic.I love this Cookpad Site, Recipes, friends, interesting people and outstanding recipes, and able to see and to taste food from all over the world. i have learned so much more here, spices , herbs and lovely recipes of different cultures. also experimenting mixing different herbs and spices and making my own creations .I have cooked for my family since I was 14yrs, home from school as my Grandmother could no longer cook she was 91yrs, my Dad worked and there was only me so I learned quite quick and have always enjoyed it. I only started experimenting with herbs and spices and items I had never heard of before through joining Cookpad 2014 and I'm still learning new things. It is a passion of mine and I always invite my family around so I can create something new for them to try. my children grew up learning lots from me I have 3 daughters all with their own families and two Sons one who cooks for his family also my youngest son who is still at home with me,he comes up with some lovely meals and ideas so I'm proud of them all. 💜