Dutch Split Pea Soup Aruban Style Recipes

SPLIT PEA SOUP

Steps:

• In a large stock pot, cover peas with 2 quarts cold water and soak overnight. If you need a faster method, simmer the peas gently for 2 minutes, and then soak for l hour.
• Once peas are soaked, add ham bone, onion, salt, pepper and marjoram. Cover, bring to boil and then simmer for 1 1/2 hours, stirring occasionally.
• Remove bone; cut off meat, dice and return meat to soup. Add celery, carrots and potatoes. Cook slowly, uncovered for 30 to 40 minutes, or until vegetables are tender.

TRADITIONAL DUTCH PEA SOUP

Steps:

• Rinse peas, remove bad ones and soak in 2L water with salt for 12 hours.
• Bring the peas with the soaking water to the boil and simmer for about 2 hours until tender and cooked. Add the bacon and pork trotter after 1 hour.
• After the 2 hours, take out the meat and pour of the cooking liquid. Use a masher to mash the peas, I prefer them fine but you can also leave some chunks.
• Pour the cooking liquid back and put the meat back in. Also add in the potatoes, celeriac, leeks and celery.
• Season with salt and pepper, and add some more water if the soup is too thick.
• While stirring, bring soup back to a simmer and cook until vegetables are tender.
• Meanwhile heat the smoked sausage (follow instructions on packaging) and slice.
• Take out the bacon and slice. The sausage and bacon can be served on the side, or can be put back in the soup.
• Take out the pork trotter, serve on the side, or slice off the meat and put back in the soup.
• If preparing in advance: refrigerate everything and prepare smoked sausage when serving.
• Serve in big bowls with slices of rye bread, that can be topped with the bacon or the sausage, and some mustard.

DUTCH SPLIT PEA SOUP- ARUBAN STYLE

Steps:

• 1. Add olive oil to large soup pot. Sautee onion, carrots, garlic and celery until celery tender about 5 minutes
• 2. Add water,bay leaf, Smoked butt and peas
• 3. Simmer covered for 3 hours. Stirring occasionally
• 4. Take out smoked butt and remove fatty areas, cut into pieces, or just pull apart and return to pot. Add Turkey Sausage and continue cooking uncovered for 1-2 hours. Continue stirring occasionally.
• 5. Serve with a crusty bread for a satisfying dinner.

DUTCH SPLIT PEA SOUP

Steps:

• Cut off and discard tough green tops, outer leaves, and root ends from the leeks.
• Split leeks lengthwise and rinse well; slice thinly and set aside.
• In a 5 or 6 quart pan over medium-high heat, stir bacon often until brown.
• Transfer bacon with slotted spoon to paper towels, set aside.
• Discard all but 2 Tablespoons fat from pan.
• Add leeks, celery, onion, and chopped parsley to the pan.
• Stir often over medium heat until vegetables are limp, about 15 minutes.
• Return bacon to pan with split peas, broth and 1 quart water.
• Bring to a boil over high heat.
• Cover and simmer until peas are mostly dissolved, about 1-1/2 hours; stir occasionally.
• Add kielbasa.
• Stir often until sausage is hot, about 10 minutes.
• NOTES : I sometimes use lean ham instead of bacon.

SNERT (SPLIT PEA SOUP)

Steps:

• Place dried split peas, ham hock, and bacon into slow cooker; pour in chicken broth and 3 1/2 cups water.
• Cover cooker and cook on High until peas are tender and broken apart, 3 to 4 hours. Stir in more water as needed to prevent soup from burning on the bottom. Stir occasionally throughout cooking.
• Stir potatoes, carrots, leek, onion, celery, and garlic into soup; mix in more water, if needed. Cover and cook soup on High for 2 more hours.
• Season with salt, black pepper, thyme, nutmeg, and cloves; mix sausage slices into soup. Cover and cook 2 more hours to blend the flavors.

DUTCH SPLIT PEA SOUP

Steps:

• Wash and sort peas.
• Combine peas, water, salt, pepper, bay leaf and thyme in a large pot or Dutch oven.
• Press cloves into onion, and add to pot (if using a ham hock you may wish to add it now so it becomes more tender- but NOT the smoked sausage, as they split if overcooked).
• Bring mixture to a boil, then lower heat, cover, and simmer, stirring occasionally, until peas are tender, about 1 hour.
• Remove the onion and bay leaf.
• Puree soup through a coarse sieve or in batches in the blender (be careful not to burn yourself!); return mixture to the pot.
• (I like to leave a little bit not pureed for texture).
• Add potatoes, ham, sausage.
• leek and celery.
• Simmer uncovered about 25-35 minutes, or until potatoes are tender.
• Taste for seasoning and garnish soup with chopped parsley before serving.

TRADITIONAL DUTCH SPLIT PEA SOUP (SNERT)

Steps:

• Gather the ingredients.
• In a large soup pot , bring water, split peas, pork belly or bacon, pork chop, and bouillon cube to a boil. Reduce the heat to a simmer, cover, and let cook for 45 minutes, stirring occasionally, and skimming off any foam that rises to the top.
• Remove the pork chop, debone, and thinly slice the meat. Set aside.
• Add the celery, carrots, potato, onion, leek, and celeriac to the soup. Return to the boil, reduce the heat to a simmer and let cook, uncovered, for another 30 minutes, adding a little extra water if the ingredients start to stick to the bottom of the pot.
• Add the smoked sausage for the last 15 minutes of cooking time. When the vegetables are tender, remove the bacon and smoked sausage, slice thinly, and set aside.
• If you prefer a smooth consistency, purée the soup with a stick blender. Season to taste with salt and pepper. Add the meat back to the soup, setting some slices of rookworst aside.
• Serve in heated bowls or soup plates, garnished with slices of rookworst and chopped celery leaf.