Title: Sausage Split-Pea Soup
Categories: Meat Soup Crockpot
Yield: 4 Servings
| 1 | lb | Smoked sausage;sliced medium thin (turkey smoked sausage pre |
| 1 | | Onion;lrg,chopped fine |
| 1 | | Potato;lrg,scrubbed and diced (don't peel it) |
| 1 | lb | Split peas |
| 1 | | Bay leaf |
| 1/2 | ts | Black pepper. |
| 7 | c | Water |
Combine everything in a crock pot and cook on low for at least 8 hours.
Stir thoroughly before serving. To thicken the soup a bit without adding
calories, puree about 2 cups of the soup in a food processor and stir it
back into the soup. Italian variation: Pre-cook 1 pound of sweet or hot
Italian sausage by steaming 15 minutes in about 1/2 inch of water in a
skillet or by cooking at 5-minute intervals in a microwave oven. When cool
enough to handle, slice the sausage and proceed as above, adding 1/2 tsp.
of Italian seasoning.
The Italian version has such a lively flavor, it even tastes good on a
summer day. Posted on Genie 7/27/91