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Ruhlman's Split Pea Soup

Classic soup using 3 different onions.
Prep Time 30 minutes
Cook Time 45 minutes
Servings: 4
Course: Soup

Ingredients
  

  • ½ lb bacon, cut into thin strips
  • 1 large onion, medium dice
  • 1 leek, well cleaned and cut into thin half moons
  • 1 large shallot, diced
  • kosher salt to taste
  • 2 carrots, small to medium dice
  • 1 lb green split peas, rinsed
  • 6 lemon wedges

Method
 

  1. Sauté the bacon until it's crisp.
  2. Pour off all but a couple tablespoons of the fat, then return the pan to a medium burner and add the onion, leek, and shallot, and cook until they're softened, 5 minutes or so, adding two healthy four-finger pinches of salt as you go.
  3. Add the carrots and continue to cook until till they're bright orange and heated through, 3 to 5 minutes or so.
  4. Turn the heat to high, add the peas, then 8 cups of water. Bring to a simmer. Skim the foam, then turn the heat to low, and cook until the peas are softened, about 40-45 minutes.
  5. Buzz the bottom of the pot with a hand blender, just to make it thick and creamy but not so much that you lose all the carrots and peas about ⅓rd of it pureed.
  6. Serve with a lemon wedge.