Name: Yellow Split Pea Soup with Frankfurters
Yield: Serves 4
Cuisine: German
Ingredients: 2 bay leaves; salt and pepper; 350 g (12 oz) frankfurters (whole or chopped) or worsts or ham (sliced); 500 g (18 oz) yellow split peas (soak these overnight); bunch of celery leaves or parsley, chopped; 3 litres (5¼ pints) stock (ham if possible, otherwise chicken or beef); 3 tablespoons vegetable oil; 2 carrots, sliced; juice of ½ lemon; 1 large onion, chopped

Preparation info

Serves
4

Difficulty
Medium

Appears in

Potty!

By Clarissa Dickson Wright

Published 2010

About

I used to make a lot of this when I went skiing in Switzerland. If I had cooked a ham for the holiday, I’d have a lot of ham stock which is particularly good in this recipe. You can use chopped ham or indeed any other sausage you like, but frankfurters or the fine worsts of Germany and Austria go best, I find. This is the most comforting of all soups.