Pea soup
Pea soup is a dish that lovers of hearty home cooking really appreciate. The intense taste of smoked bacon combines well with the aroma of dried peas.
Ingredients
- 3 potatoes
- 200 g peas
- 2 carrots
- 150 g smoked bacon
- Salt and spices
- Fresh green herbs
Description
For this pea soup you do not take fresh peas, but dried ones. They give the soup a warm, yellow color. Dried peas, like all legumes, are rich in nutrients. In addition to minerals, they provide plenty of protein and a lot of fiber. Thus they keep the digestion going. The high protein content enriches this soup so it can easily be served as a main course.
When cooking peas, it is important to constantly skim off the foam. So-called saponins are responsible for the bubbles forming on the surface of the soup. As the name suggests, these are soap-like substances. They protect the plants from natural enemies. However, the human body can hardly digest them.
