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Split Pea Recipes?
at Wed, 12 Nov 2003 12:33:09 GMT in
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(Compmouse) wrote :
>I recently bought a couple of packages of split peas to make split pea
>soup and was left with extra, so I decided to do a search on Google to
>see what other things could be made out of split peas, I was amazed to
>find that apparently the only thing that can be made with split peas is
>split pea soup? I refuse to believe this can possibly be true, does
>anyone have any recipes that have split peas in it?
>
Here's an easy one I like a LOT. I call it "pease porridge" - it's a little
different from the original but the name would still seem to apply.
1/2 cup split peas
1/2 cup steel-cut oats
5 stalks celery
Pepper
In separate pots, put the peas and oats, each with 1 1/2 cups water. Set
them on low and cook for about 1 hour. Mince the celery and add to the
peas. When the celery gets a little soft, stir both mixtures together, and
grind in some pepper. Serve. (Serves 2). You can also add some minced
carrot along with the celery, if you like. I suspect some people would want
to add butter, although IMHO this is pretty vile (I've always found peas
and butter to be a repulsive combination).
You can cook up split peas to the original pease porridge consistency, then
use as a filling for baked potatoes. Similarly, you can roll them in
crepes, especially if you add some ham chunks. Spreading them on rye bread
in the style of beans on toast is great in the morning.
The key point is to remember that they'll get mushy once cooked, and can
then be turned into the consistency of mashed potatoes. What you do with
them from that point on is limited only by your creativity and what
absolutely clashes with them (e.g. don't try to serve them with most fish,
and certainly don't mix with tomatoes).
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Alex Rast
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