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Split Pea Soup

For further flavoring add ham bones or hocks during cooking time.

Courses: Soup
Serves: 4 people

Recipe Ingredients

5   Bacon slices - chopped
1   Onion - peeled, chopped (large)
2   Carrots - peeled, chopped
1   Potato - peeled, and
  Finely chopped
1 cup 237mlGreen split peas - rinsed
2 1/2 cups 592mlVegetable or chicken stock
1   Garlic clove - peeled, minced
1   Bay leaf
  Salt - to taste
  Freshly-ground black pepper - to taste
  Minced fresh parsley - for garnish

Recipe Instructions

In a 5-quart or larger pressure cooker, heat bacon over medium-high heat. After bacon has released some oil, stir in onion. Cook until transparent.

Add carrots, potato, split peas and stock. Stir to mix. Add garlic, bay leaf, salt and pepper. Stir to mix.

Close lid and bring pressure to first red ring (8 pounds pressure) over high heat. Adjust heat to stabilize pressure at first red ring. Cook for 15 minutes.

Remove from heat and use Natural Release Method.

Serve in bowls and sprinkle with parsley.

This recipe yields 4 to 6 servings.

Source:
Kuhn Rikon at http://www.kuhnrikon.com

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