Split Pea Soup (crockpot)

Total Time: 10 hrs 30 mins Preparation Time: 1 hr 30 mins Cook Time: 9 hrs

Ingredients

• Servings: 8
• 2 cups yellow split peas
• 1 tablespoon olive oil
• 2 onions, chopped
• 4 stalks celery, diced
• 4 carrots, peeled and diced
• 4 garlic cloves, minced
• 1 teaspoon oregano, dried
• 1/2 teaspoon cracked peppercorn
• 6 cups vegetable broth
• salt
• 1 cup parsley, chopped
• 4 garlic cloves, minced
• 4 teaspoons red wine vinegar

Recipe

• 1 in a large pot combine split peas with 8 cups of water. bring to a boil over medium high heat and boil for 3 minutes. turn off heat and set aside for 1 hour. drain and rinse. set aside.
• 2 in a skillet over medium heat heat the oil and then add the vegetables (onions - carrots), cooking for 6-10 minutes or until vegetables are softened. add garlic, oregano and pepper and cook for another minute, stirring. transfer to crockpot.
• 3 stir in reserved split peas and broth.
• 4 cover and cook on low for 8-10 hours (or on high for 4-5 hours) or until peas are tender. add salt if needed.
• 5 puree with and immersion blender if desired.
• 6 to make the optional persillade: in a small bowl combine persillade ingredients (or use a mini chopper). set aside at room temperature for 30 minutes.
• 7 to serve ladle soup into individual bowls and garnish with the persillade.