Easiest Way to Tips Delicious Sig's German Pea Soup

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Sig's German Pea Soup. Great recipe for Sig's German Pea Soup. This is a soup Tony had taken a real liking too when he was stationed in Germany. I used to cook it once a year for him, he recently asked if I would make it for him and some friends for a sports evening..

It's definitely the main attraction and not merely the first course.

Soaking the peas overnight cuts down on the cooking time quite a bit.

The German Split Pea Soup, or as we call it in German "Erbseneintopf or Erbsensuppe", is another great soup you will like.

You can cook Sig's German Pea Soup using 16 ingredients and 8 steps. Here is how you cook that.

Ingredients of Sig's German Pea Soup

1. Prepare of small smoked bacon chops.

2. You need of best kielbasa sausages (they are the closest I can get to what I want).

3. It’s of small rack of ribs, meaty and fat (or a very small leg of pork bone in).

4. You need of springonions.

5. You need of large shallot.

6. You need of small leek.

7. It’s of garlic cloves.

8. It’s of vegetable stock cube.

9. Prepare of water.

10. Prepare of marrow fat peas, or dried, overnight soaked marrow fat peas.In total about 750 grams soaked weight.

11. It’s of salad potatoes, ready cooked and cut into quarters or chunks.

12. You need of Hot dog sausages.

13. Prepare of bread for croutons.

14. Prepare of rapeseed oil for toasting croutons.

15. It’s of chervil for sprinkling over croutons.

16. Prepare of Maggi liquid seasoning.

The split pea soup is a typical German soup that is very popular during the fall and winter months.

Split pea soup can be made with or without meat - it is up to you.

You can add bacon, Kassler, or sausages.

I used to cook it once a year for him, he recently asked if I would make it for him and some friends for a sports evening..

Sig's German Pea Soup step by step

1. First chop the bacon chops into small cubes or by ready chopped ones. Chop the spring onions, the shallots, the leek and the garlic into small cubes also. Put all into a small frying pan and cook until the bacon is browned of,but the onions not burned..

2. First brown your meat off (add extra if you feel that there is not enough meat) in a pan then in a pot with the water put the meat and kielbasa sausage, bring to boil then add all the fried ingredients and a stock cube or two depending on liking,.

3. Boil until the meat is well cooked. Remove about half of the bacon chop, onions and other bits (set aside)and the meat and kielbasa.Take the meat of the bone, and chop the kielbasa sausage, put them back in the pot.

4. Now add the drained and rinsed peas and puree everything until you get a semi smooth soup, keep this to simmer on a low heat for about 15 minutes, make sure that Id does not set to the bottom of the pan, if you need to add a little more water do so..

5. Add your chopped potatoes and the set aside bacon, onion and bigger bits and heat the through..

6. In the meantime make your croutons, add a little oil into a hot pan ad your cubed bread sprinkle with seasoning if you like and or herbs, they should be nice and crispy but not burned.

7. About ten minutes before serving add your hot dogs.

8. Season with the maggi liquid seasoning then sprinkle the croutons over the cooked soup.

In Germany we do not tend to flavour our soup with mint.

I found it tastier when I added a no salt spice.

Also used sour cream instead of cream.

Split Pea Soup is called Erbsensuppe in Germany.

This recipe is based on one that appears in German Home Cooking by Dr.