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SPLIT PEA SOUP
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SPLIT PEA SOUP

5 ingredients 6 steps historical_ia
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Ingredients

  • 1 cup split peas
  • 3 pints water
  • 2 tablespoons flour
  • 2 tablespoons butter
  • buttered toast

Directions

1

Boil split peas in 3 pints of water for 2 to 3 hours, adding boiling water as needed.

2

Once soft, rub the peas through a colander.

3

In a saucepan, brown 2 tablespoons of flour in 2 tablespoons of butter.

4

Add the pea puree to the saucepan and let it boil for 10 minutes.

5

Place several thin squares of buttered toast in a soup tureen and pour the soup over them.

6

Serve immediately.

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