Chris Maze | Crumbs
Chris Maze | Crumbs
Trying to scrimp and save on groceries this week so you can pre-order Halo 4? Then here’s the dish for you. Makes approximately four large servings.
Ingredients
- Dried split peas
- Lemon Juice
- Salt and Pepper
Optional
- Sweet potato
- Bacon
- Dried or fresh thyme
How to
- Put a pound of dried split peas in a pot with four cups of water and bring to a boil.
- Once boiling, turn it down to maintain a simmer. Let it simmer for an hour.
- When the peas have finally softened up, whisk or blend the soup until it has a relatively uniform consistency.
- Add a couple splashes of lemon juice (approximately three tablespoons), salt, and pepper to taste.
- If you want to elevate this dish or impress a boy/girl/roommate/parent heat your oven to 425° F and dice a sweet potato into small chunks and chop up about four pieces of bacon.
- Put all of this together in a baking pan.
- Bake the sweet potato and bacon together for half an hour
- Sprinkle a few pieces on top of the soup.
- Add a pinch of thyme, dried or fresh work equally well.