Pea Pod Soup Recipes

Steps:

• Cover peas with water and soak overnight. Drain, rinse and place in a Dutch oven. , Add ham bone, water and remaining soup ingredients except sausage and dumplings. Bring to a boil. Reduce heat; cover and simmer 2 to 2-1/2 hours. , Remove ham bone and skim fat. Remove meat from bone; dice. Add ham and, if desired, sausage to pan. , For dumplings, place flour in a small bowl. Make a depression in the center of the flour; add egg and water and stir until smooth. , Place a colander with 3/16-in.-diameter holes over simmering soup; transfer dough to the colander and press through with a wooden spoon. Cook, uncovered, 10-15 minutes. Discard bay leaf. Freeze Option: Prepare soup without dumplings and freeze in serving-size portions to enjoy for months to come.

Steps:

• Wash pea pods and pull off the stringy portion on the back side of the pea pod and discard.
• In a medium size saucepan, add water and bring to boil.
• Add pea pods, chicken soup base, sliced onion, mint sprigs and parsley sprigs.
• Bring to boil, reduce heat and simmer covered for 20 minutes.
• When outer flesh of pea pods are tender, remove from saucepan and rub pea pods through a course sieve.
• In a frying pan on low heat, melt margarine, stir in flour using a whisk and cook for 1 minute, stirring constantly (DO NOT BURN).
• Add flour mixture to saucepan and stir well.
• Add pea pod puree', salt, white pepper, sugar, petite peas and bring just to boil.
• Remove from heat.
• Serve soup in bowls and sprinkle with chopped fresh mint leaves.