Haireball's "Denali Delight" split pea soup Recipe
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Ingredients: dry split peas - 1 lb
ham or ham-hocks - 1 lb
1 medium onion
2 - 4 cloves garlic
2 carrots
2 celery sticks
1 medium potato
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Directions:bring split peas to a boil in about 2 quarts water, reduce to simmer, add meat and additional vegetables finely chopped, and simmer for an hour or so (or maybe 15 minutes or less in a pressure cooker). soup is done when peas & potato are more or less dissolved, and other veggies are soft. |
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Servings:6 - 8 |
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Time:about an hour -- much less if pressure-cooker is used |
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Notes: the name comes from my second Denali climb, when I prepared this in a pressure cooker at 14000' for a potluck at the "Denali City Clinic" - the high altitude medical study being conducted by Dr. Peter Hackett & co. that year - which has since become a permanent fixture on Denali's West Buttress. The MDs were so blown away that some guy could make split pea soup from scratch in an igloo at 14000' on Denali, that the soup stole the show from the steak & crab that the docs had helicoptered in for the feast!
Our family loves this soup as a way to use up the remains of a ham at Christmas or Easter - just use the leftovers (especially if they're on a BONE - but simmer the bone for an hour or so ahead of time, to create soup stock) to make the soup!
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