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pressure-cooked
split pea soup

-excerpted from Lenore's Natural Cuisine cookbook

Would you believe split pea soup in thirty minutes? Warming, filling and tasty, this soup is sure to become a favorite. Serve with crusty bread and a salad.

ingredients

2 cups split green peas
1 tsp. canola oil
2 medium onions, diced
   small
1 6-inch strip kombu
2 garlic cloves, minced
1/2 tsp. dried thyme
1 bay leaf

 

2 TBS. pearled barley
2 carrots, cut into 1/4-inch
   rounds
6 1/2 cups boiling water
1 tsp. unrefined sea salt
2 TBS. barley miso, puréed
   in 1/4 cup water

directions

  1. Pick over peas to remove small pebbles, debris and clumps of dirt.
  2. In a 6- or 8-quart pressure cooker, heat oil. Sauté onions until translucent, about 5 minutes.
  3. Meanwhile, cover kombu with water and soak for 5 minutes. Then, cut it into 1/2-inch squares. Set aside.
  4. Add garlic and thyme to onions. Sauté an additional minute. 
  5. Add kombu, bay leaf, barley, carrots and boiling water to the pressure cooker. 
  6. Rinse peas through a strainer. Add to the pot.
  7. Lock the lid in place. Over high heat, bring up to full pressure.
  8. Place a flame tamer under the pot. Reduce heat, maintaining high pressure. Cook for 15 minutes.
  9. Quick-release pressure by placing the closed pot under cold running water.
  10. After all pressure has been released, remove the lid. If peas are soft and dissolved, add salt. If not, replace the lid and simmer until peas are done. Then add salt.
  11. Lock lid in place. Let stand for 5 minutes to cook in the salt.
  12. Quick-release. Add puréed miso and serve hot.

variations

*Substitute Job's tears for pearled barley.
*To reduce cooking time, do not sauté onions, garlic and thyme. Simply add them to pressure cooker in step #5.

cook's tips

*Rinse legumes such as split peas and lentils just before cooking. This prevents them from sticking to the strainer.

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