Pea soup with smoked sausage

Often as a child, my mother cooked pea soup with smoked sausage. Since then, the products have increased in stores, the range is impressive, but, still, the soup favorite since childhood is a frequent guest on the dining table.

Such a different pea soup

A great product for both posts and the usual daily menu. Peas - the first of the cultivated plants. It is present in many dishes of national cuisine. Each of the countries has made in the recipe of pea soup some of its product, which gives the dish a national note. The Mongols added tomatoes with sour cream, Italians diluted with wine, as well as Parmesan, meat smoked Germans gave the dish its accent, soup uses sausage, ribs, celery stalks, pork ribs, smoked sausages and other goodies in different countries. In Russia, a pea soup with smoked sausage, chicken and bacon is prepared, and meat and chicken broths are also used.

Helpful advice

The recipe for the dish is simple. But first, let me give you advice. Before cooking, peas should be soaked for five hours minimum. The fact is that after soaking the pea film comes off, taking with it the natural smell of the product, the taste of the dish is greatly improved. Water, which was soaked, drained and recruited fresh.

We cook pea soup with smoked sausage

Take the soaked peas - 1 glass, cook it in three liters of water for about an hour. While it is boiled, we clean potatoes, cut into cubes. Add to the ready-made peas, and then the sausage, cut as you like (cubes, stripes). We cook until the potatoes are ready. In the meantime, we make roast from one carrot and a bulb. Carrots are better to grate. Chop the onions finely. Pass the vegetables in vegetable oil, afterwards add to the soup, salt, add the spices and laurel, cook for about ten minutes. The soup is ready. Before serving, put dill and parsley, as well as any other fresh herbs for your taste. By the way, pea soup with smoked chicken is prepared according to the above-described recipe, just change the sausage to a bird. It turns out two different dishes, which is more delicious - it's up to you.

Another useful tip

You can cook pea soup without potatoes. The dish does not lose anything from this. It looks like pea soup - puree. By the way, each new spice changes the dish, giving its own unique taste.

On a note

• In the summer our favorite soup can be cooked from green peas. Pea soup with smoked sausage turns out then a gentle green color, whereas from dried it can be yellow.
• Children can be offered this lunch dish with rusks. They will like your idea and they will not leave it without attention, having eaten everything till the last spoon.
• In the classic recipe described here, among other things, you can add your favorite mushrooms. Peas are not bad with them combined. For this, mushrooms are cooked to a full preparedness, and then fried with onions and carrots.

Peas around the head

In addition to soups, other dishes are made from peas, for example, cereals and fillings. Experimenting with spices, you will find your favorite recipe. Peas - a valuable product for fasting, so loved the whole world. A delicious first dish, familiar from childhood. Bon Appetit!