Yellow Split Pea And Smokey Bacon Soup
The Ingredients
Yellow Split Peas
Onion
Smoked bacon
Tomatoes
Olive Oil
Salt And Pepper
This is What You Do
Soak the peas in plenty of water over night.
Chop an onion
Heat some olive oil
Fry the onion till golden
Get the bacon and .........
Chop it into smallish pieces
Chuck it in the saucepan with the Onion and cook till all the bacon juice has reduced down and the bacon starts to crisp up
Add the peas and enough water to cover and bring to the boil and then remove the scum.
Now boil vigorously for 10 minutes, the peas are toxic until you have done this resist tasting till after its boiled
Cube some bread
Fry in some olive oil with some garlic and salt and pepper and serve the croutons with the soup