Sign Up for the Recipe Publishing Newsletter
Seven Top Tips for the Best Homemade Pea Soup Recipes
As it is with any sort of cooking, tips can make homemade pea soup recipes so much easier to prepare and ensure the recipe will turn out as one of the best things you have cooked. Thanks to home computers, the majority of us have a place to put the tips we find or hear about and list them by the type of food the information covers. While some of these tips might be things you already know, some may surprise you and help make your homemade pea soup recipes easier to prepare.
1. Clean dried peas before cooking, whether they are split or whole to clear the debris, including rocks, stems, and dirt. Put the peas on a plastic bag or cookie sheet and sort through them with your fingers. Then put them in a colander and rinse them under cold water, lifting the peas to encourage dirt to flow away. Dump the peas back on the bag or cookie sheet, rinse the colander, and put the peas back in, rinsing one more time before soaking.
2. Some pea soup recipes call for fresh or frozen green peas. Allow an hour for those peas to cook and become tender. Surprisingly enough, if you soak split peas for an hour prior to making the soup, the cooking time is 30 minutes. You will find recipes that include the soaking time in the instructions.
3. Cooking dried peas often leads to foam or froth forming on top of the water. Use a ladle or large spoon to remove it from the pan and discard it into a bowl, rather than carrying a hot spoonful of foam to the disposal.
4. Colorful vegetables make perfect garnishes for any one of the homemade pea soup recipes you make. Small grape tomatoes, chives, olives, green onions, and celery tops are excellent examples of how appealing a bowl of soup is with a garnish.
5. Remember to stir dried peas while cooking, as they settle and will burn. Slow cook dried peas until they begin to disintegrate. That makes them the right texture for chewing if you leave them as is or for pureeing when you want a smooth and creamy soup.
6. Use carrots, onions, celery, sausage, pork, and chicken to add more substance to homemade pea soup recipes. Experiment with the different ways to cut each item so you end up with the beautiful presentation you are after.
7. Yellow and green split peas have the same texture and consistency. It is a split decision about whether dried yellow peas have a more delicate flavor than dried green peas. Yellow pea soup is a very interesting color and goes well with fish, roast beef, and chicken. Green pea soup is perfect with ham and pork roast. Both are filling and delicious meals by themselves and some type of bread.
The more tips for the best homemade pea soup recipes you know, the more confidence and fun you will have making soup for your family. As one of the most economical and diversified types of homemade soups in the world, there are always more helpful hints, recipes and types of herbs, produce, meats and ingredients to add to your virtual cookbook.
