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Split Pea Soup With Sorrel

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      Title: SPLIT PEA SOUP WITH SORREL
 Categories: Soups
      Yield: 8 Servings
 
      2 tb Sweet butter
      2 md Onions; roughly diced
      1 md Carrot; roughly diced
      2    Celery stalks; roughly diced
      1 ts Finely minced garlic
  1 1/2 c  Dry split peas
      6 c  Chicken stock or water
           -OR low-sodium chicken broth
      1 sm Ham hock; -=OR=-
      6 oz -Cooked ham or bacon
      1    Lemon, cut in half
      3 bn Fresh sorrel
      1 c  Whipping cream
           Salt and pepper; to taste
 
  IN A STOCK POT, over low heat, melt the butter and add the onion,
  carrot, celery and garlic. Let the vegetables cook, stirring, until
  limp, about 15 minutes, being careful not to brown. Add the split
  peas, stock, ham hock and lemon and bring to a boil. Reduce the heat
  to low and simmer for 30 minutes, or until the peas are completely
  soft. Remove the ham hock and the lemon. Add the sorrel and cream.
  Transfer to a food processor or blender and puree until smooth.
  Strain through a fine sieve. Taste for salt and pepper and adjust as
  desired. Serve this soup piping hot or well chilled. NOTE: If the
  soup is chilled, thin it with an additional cup of stock, low-sodium
  broth or water.
 
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