Best culinary classics: pea soup

This soup is one of the few useful, but it does not cause negative emotions in children and in adults it instantly awakens the appetite, especially if cooked with smoked meat. Pea soup is easy, delicious and healthy, this is our classic Russian cuisine, which in any case can not forget!

Hard to believe, but pea soup loved by the ancient Greeks, who grew peas around 500-400 years BC: right on the streets of Athens traders were engaged in the sale of hot pea soup - a sort of ancient Greek fast food! The same "relationship" with peas had the Romans - as a result of these cultures, as you know, a lot of things, including pea soup, spread in European countries. So, in the UK, for example, it was refilled with the same Roman times, popular since ancient times and nowadays this soup and many other cuisines of the world.

In British cuisine pea soup cooked with ham or bacon from green and yellow peas, in German - with bacon, sausage or marinated and smoked pork, served with black bread, in the Netherlands (where it is called "snort" or "erwtensoep") - from green split peas with pork, celery, leeks, potatoes and carrots, and smoked sausages, Swedish (called "artscope") from yellow peas with pork, in Finnish "chemeketa" is the national dish, there it is made from green peas, Ukrainian - with smoked meat and garlic in Italian with Parmesan cheese.

Obviously, the first pea soup recipes have been invented by the ancient Greek and Roman cooks, however, the exact names of the authors of this wonderful meals, unlike himself, the history to the present time not reported. If you think about it, you can be very impressed: it turns out that people eat pea soup for more than 23 centuries - it turns out that this is one of the oldest dishes in the world! Well, since it has not sunk into Oblivion together with the ancient empires, and remains very popular in our days, it should prepare and more time to cook tasty and healthy dish could do all the way from antiquity to our times!

In Russia pea soup appeared after this culture was grown with 1674, i.e. first pea soup we started to cook at the end of the XVII century.

Recipes for pea soup

The classic pea soup in the Russian version is peas, onions and carrots, and potatoes. Even if you cook this soup only these ingredients, it will turn out to be very tasty thanks to the wonderful flavor of the peas.

Used to make pea soup fresh and dried (which is often) peas, both crushed and whole. Whole peas need to pre-soak and crushed soak is not necessary.

Be added to the basic ingredients of pea soup can a variety of products from meat, meat products and smoked products to a variety of vegetables, cheese, cream, etc. the Main thing in this case is to know the subtleties of making this soup, and it will be delicious. So, let's consider the most delicious recipes for pea soup.

Recipe for pea soup with smoked meat

You will need: 500 g of green peas, 250g smoked, 3 carrots, 2.5 cups of beef broth, 1 onion, parsley celery, pepper, salt.

How to make pea soup with smoked meat. Peel and julienne cut carrots, onions chop rings, in a large pot add all the products, except meats, pour the broth, covered over high heat and boil for 2 min, put sausage, salt and pepper, boil for 5-6 minutes at high heat and serve.

For this recipe you can make soup from dried peas. To put it in the boiling broth and before putting the rest of the ingredients boil until tender. From carrots and onions better to do zazharku: to saut them before putting on the oil, then put in the broth to the peas.

Recipe for pea soup with mushrooms and homemade noodles

You will need: 500g dried yellow peas, 3-4 dried porcinis, 3 onions, 1 celery, Bay leaf, homemade noodles to taste.

How to make pea soup with noodles and mushrooms. The peas until tender boil so that after the cooking along with the water it formed a thick puree. In oil, fry the onion, add to the peas. The mushrooms are cooked separately, then chopped, along with the broth to connect with pea puree. Celery finely chopped, or to RUB on a large grater, add to the other ingredients, then pour cool salted boiling water, bringing the soup to desired consistency, then cook the soup until cooked celery over moderate heat at a low boil.

If you don't have dried mushrooms, but pea soup with mushrooms horror as you want, use mushrooms, which are now available in any supermarket.

Recipe for pea soup with mushrooms and potatoes

You will need: 300g fresh mushrooms, 100-200g potatoes, 5 peas, sweet pepper, 1 carrot and onion, 4 tbsp dried peas, 2 tbsp butter, Bay leaf.

How to make pea soup with potatoes and mushrooms. Separately until ready to boil the peas. The mushrooms clean and rinse completely boil the broth to keep, and mushrooms to dry and then cut into slices. In broth until ready to cook diced potatoes, then put the mushrooms in the broth, add boiled peas, bring to the boil and 5 min to boil, add the zazharku of passerovannym onions and carrots, season the soup with spices, stir, salt and before serving, let stand at least 10-15 minutes

Pea soup with potatoes is very rich, if you want to cook diet, low-calorie version of this soup, do not add it, firstly, potatoes, secondly, animal and vegetable fats, thirdly, fatty meat. In this case, the caloric content of the finished soup from dried peas will be no more than 150-200 kcal per 100g, and if the soup is made of green peas - 50-cal per 100g. Best suited for making easy and delicious pea soup diet chicken.

Recipe diet of pea soup with chicken

You will need: 200g chicken breast fillets or other parts without skin, 2l water, 1 Cup of dried peas, 1 carrot and onion, Bay leaf, parsley celery, dill and parsley, pepper, Bay leaf, salt.

How to make pea soup with chicken. Peas 2-4 hours to soak in cold water, then drain the water. Chicken pour 2 liters of cold water, bring to a boil over high heat, remove the foam and add the peas, bring to a boil, reduce the heat and boil all 40-60 minutes, stirring occasionally. Onion, carrot finely chopped, put into the soup once the peas are cooked, but not yet seethe, 10 min boil, salt, put spices, another 5 min to boil, then remove from the stove, to get meat, cut into small pieces, put it back in the soup. Serve the soup sprinkled with parsley.

Alternating different spices that you can add in the pea soup, the taste every time, you can do different. Suitable spices - cumin, curry, turmeric, garlic, Provencal herbs, etc.

Sometimes you want to treat yourself to something delicious, but often it is delicious very rich in calories. The same can be said about pea-cheese soup is very appetizing, but if you frequently use can spoil the shape. Here is the recipe of this soup for special occasions when it is important taste.

Recipe cheese and pea soup

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