Common Peas Soup
Ingredients
Directions
Prepare
Wash the split peas well and remove any that float on the surface.
Soak the peas in water overnight.
Cook
Boil the soaked peas in fresh water.
Recipe from a historical cookbook (Internet Archive).
Transcribed from a scanned cookbook and modernised for today's kitchens. Where the book gave no heat or time, or said "a moderate oven", the temperatures and times here may be modern equivalents rather than the book's own figures.
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What each ingredient does
- Split peas
- Form the main body of the soup, thickening into a creamy texture as they break down during cooking.
“What each ingredient does” and “The step that matters” were written by Claude from this recipe’s own method and reviewed in samples by CompKitchen.
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