Best yet Rustic Split Pea Soup

Name: Best yet Rustic Split Pea Soup
Prep time: 20 min
Cook time: 1 h 15 min
Total time: 1 h 35 min
Yield: 6-8 serving(s)
Ingredients: i smoked turkey leg; 1 lb split peas, rinsed and drained; 1 large onion, diced; 1 cup carrot, diced; 3 garlic cloves, thinly sliced; 1 teaspoon celery seed; 1 bay leaf; 2 teaspoons kosher salt; 2 quarts water; 2 cups milk; 1 cup half-and-half; fresh ground pepper

Submitted by Heirloom Tomato

"I think this combination turned out especially well. The smoked turkey leg tastes just like ham. With croutons on top or some cornbread, it's a meal! Long simmering time allows the peas to get completely soft and break down so you don't have to puree them."

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photo by Linajjac

Ready In:: 1hr 35mins
Ingredients:: 12
Serves:: 6-8

ingredients

i smoked turkey leg
1 lb split peas, rinsed and drained
1 large onion, diced
1 cup carrot, diced
3 garlic cloves, thinly sliced
1 teaspoon celery seed
1 bay leaf
2 teaspoons kosher salt
2 quarts water
2 cups milk
1 cup half-and-half
fresh ground pepper

directions

Put the smoked turkey leg in a six-quart pot. Oval pots are great, as turkey legs can be pretty long!
Add the split peas and the 2 quarts of water.
Bring to a boil, reduce to simmer.
After a while, there will be foam on top of the water. Skim it all off and discard.
Add the diced onion, carrot, sliced garlic, celery seed, salt and bay leaf.
Simmer for one hour, mostly covered.
Remove the bay leaf.
Remove the turkey leg and allow it to cool enough to handle while you simmer the soup for another fifteen minutes.
Remove skin, bones and tendon from turkey leg and dice the meat into bite sized pieces.
Add meat back to soup.
Add milk and half and half and heat to serving temperature.
Serve in big bowls topped with freshly ground pepper.

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Reviews

Nice recipe. My husband loves split pea soup. I could give or take.. Always looking for different ones. I did decide not to add the milk. The cream was enough. He loved the garlic in it. It’s not something I normally add to pea soup. I add loads of hot sauce to my bowl. Pretty much the only way I can eat it LOL. Thanks’

Linajjac

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Heirloom Tomato

Hello from the Willamette Valley in Oregon, truly a land of milk and honey. Cooking is my favorite hobby, but as I still work full time, meals must taste great and be relatively healthy, but be quick to fix. There is not a lot of time for complicated, time-consuming recipes. I like to keep things simple while maintaining top flavor. Have recently re-discovered my big food processor and am enjoying letting it speed up the prep work wherever possible. <img src="http://i250.photobucket.com/albums/gg271/MrsTeny/Permanent%20Collection/PACSpring09Iwasadopted.jpg">

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