Swedish Pea Soup (artsoppa)

Total Time: 13 hrs Preparation Time: 12 hrs Cook Time: 1 hr

Ingredients

• Servings: 4
• 2 cups dried yellow peas
• 1 1/2 lbs unsmoked salted bacon (or 1 small, salted knuckle of lamb)
• 1 large onion, coarsely chopped
• salt
• pepper
• 1 bay leaf
• thyme
• marjoram
• mustard (optional)

Recipe

• 1 soak the peas in 2 quarts of water overnight.
• 2 bring the peas to a boil in the water they soaked in.
• 3 add onion, meat and spices except mustard.
• 4 simmer until the meat is done and the peas have softened (about 1 hour).
• 5 take up the meat and cut into pieces.
• 6 put them back in the soup.
• 7 add more spices, if necessary.
• 8 serve hot with mustard.