Split Pea Soup with Italian Sausage (Day 1)

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(I’ll try to do a recipe a day this week.  Thanks for all the requests for more recipes, I’m honored.)

Split Pea Soup with Italian Sausage

-Jude Bienvenu, 2008

Okay, the initial recipe for this comes from Robin Miller on FoodNetwork.com

http://www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/robin-miller/slow-cooker-split-pea-soup-with-chorizo-recipe/index.html

Now, this recipe specified chorizo sausage and a slow cooker.  Well, the comments on the recipe point out that the slow cooker really seemed to leave the soup way too watery, and I wanted to cook this for folks who weren’t really keen on spicy (chorizo is a Mexican sausage that often has a good kick to it, and andouille is Cajun sausage).  I was also aiming for vegetarians. 

So, here’s my version.  Sweety and I were both impressed on how it came out.  It’s going over to the clients today.

Ingredients

• 1 pound green split peas
• 10 cups vegetable broth (instead of chicken broth)
• 1/2 pound diced Tofurky Italian sausage (2 sausages), instead of chorizo or andouille
• 1 1/2 cups diced carrot
• 1 cup diced shallot
• 1 cup diced celery
• 2 cloves garlic, minced
• 2 bay leaves
• Salt and freshly ground black pepper

<p class=”MsoNormal” style=””>Directions

I use a stove-top pot instead of the slow cooker. 

Put the carrots, shallots, celery and garlic in a big pot.  Saute for a while to get the flavors releasing (~ 5-8 minutes?).  Add the broth, split peas and bay leaves, stir well and cover.  Simmer gently for like 1 hour, or 1 hour 15, until it begins to thicken a bit.  Stir occasionally to keep stuff from sticking on the bottom of your pot.  After it begins to thicken, add in your diced sausage (note: the meat substitutes sometimes fall apart faster than meaty-meats, so add them later.  If you’re using meaty-meats, you can add them in earlier.

Season with salt and black pepper, and remove bay leaves.  Freezes well for later.

Enjoy!

Makes 8 servings (8 oz serving)

Nutritional info

With Substitutes:  Calories: 262; Fat  3 g; Sat Fat 0 g; Carb 46g; Fiber 17g; Sugar 7g; Prot 25g.