German
Erbsensuppe (Vegetarian Split Pea Soup)
Erbsensuppe (Vegetarian Split Pea Soup) is German home cooking, eaten at dinner and lunch. On the plate it is the dish at the centre. Below is what usually sits beside it, what it does and does not contain, and what else to cook once you have made it.
Ingredients
- 1.5 cups dried yellow split peas
- 2 tbsp butter
- 1 onion, diced
- 2 carrots, diced
- 1 cup celery root, diced
- 1 medium waxy potato, peeled and diced
- 6 cups vegetable broth
- 1 tsp dried marjoram
- 1 bay leaf
- 1/4 cup heavy cream
- 1 tsp salt
- 1/4 tsp black pepper
How to cook it
- Melt the butter in a large pot and cook the onion, carrots, and celery root over medium heat for 6 minutes, until softened.
- Add the potato, split peas, marjoram, bay leaf, and vegetable broth, and bring to a boil.
- Lower the heat and simmer uncovered for 30 minutes, stirring occasionally, until the peas fall apart and the soup thickens.
- Remove the bay leaf and puree the soup partially with an immersion blender, leaving it creamy but still a little chunky.
- Stir in the cream, season with the salt and pepper, and ladle into bowls; this meatless version is a genuine everyday vegetarian dinner in Germany.
Serve it with
A German dinner is a plate rather than a single dish. These are the courses that normally sit beside Erbsensuppe (Vegetarian Split Pea Soup), read from the same composition Dinejot builds a real meal from.
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The cooked vegetable
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What it is eaten with
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The sharp little thing
Safe at your table
Dinejot tracks ten allergens and tags every one of them by hand, so the absences below are as deliberate as the presences. Erbsensuppe (Vegetarian Split Pea Soup) carries dairy. It is free of the remaining 9 allergens on that list.
| Allergen | In this dish | Cook this instead |
|---|---|---|
| Peanuts | No | |
| Tree nuts | No | |
| Dairy | Yes | Backfisch (Pan-Fried Breaded Plaice) |
| Gluten | No | |
| Shellfish | No | |
| Eggs | No | |
| Soy | No | |
| Fish | No | |
| Sesame | No | |
| Coconut | No |
These tags are set by a person rather than inferred from an ingredient list, and they describe the recipe as written here. Read the labels on whatever you actually buy.
What it brings to the plate
Bands, not numbers. Dinejot does not weigh anybody's food, so it says light, moderate or hearty and stops there. This dish was read and set by hand.
- Calorie band
- Moderate
- Protein
- Medium
- Protein quality
- Complete
- Food groups it covers
- Pulses, Vegetables, and Dairy
- How this was set
- Hand audited
When to cook it
Erbsensuppe (Vegetarian Split Pea Soup) takes about 45 minutes from a cold stove to the table, and the cooking itself is easy going. It is eaten at dinner and lunch. It is at its best in winter, which is when what goes into it is worth buying.
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More to cook
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From the same kitchens
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Does the same job on the plate
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Cook this with your whole family
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