Title: Danish Pea Soup with Pork
Categories: Soup Pork Sausage
Yield: 6 Servings
| 1 | lb | Yellow Split Peas, washed * |
| 2 | lb | Lean Bacon or smoked pork ** |
| 3 | x | Med Carrots, scraped |
| | | Celery root, peeled & 1/4-ed |
| 4 | x | Med Leeks, white parts *** |
| 2 | x | Med Onions, peeled & halved |
| 1/2 | ts | Dried Thyme |
| 1 1/2 | ts | Salt |
| 1/4 | ts | Pepper |
| 1 | lb | Pork Sausage links **** |
* and drained ** in one piece *** use white parts of leeks only,
cleaned and washed **** cook and drain sausage links large kettle with 6
cups water. Cook slowly, covered, 1 1/2 hours, until tender. Put bacon,
carrots, celery root, leeks, onions, thyme, salt, and pepper in another
kettle. Cover with water. Cook slowly, covered, 40 minutes until vegetables
and bacon are tender. Take out bacon; slice and keep warm. Remove
vegetables and add to cooked split peas with as much as the broth in which
the vegetables were cooked as desired to thin the soup. Reheat, if
necessary. Ladle soup, including vegetables, into wide soup plates and
serve sliced bacon and the cooked sausage links separately on a platter.
Serve with dark bread, mustard, and beer.
Serves 6 to 8.