Yellow Split Pea Soup with Crispy Garlic
Active Time
20 MIN
Total Time
1 HR 10 MIN
Yield
Serves : 8
By David Ansel
November 2005

This savory, satisfying soup is popular with David Ansel's vegetarian customers. He adds a garnish of crisp fried garlic, which he dubs "the garlic bagel flavor."    Warming Soup Recipes  

Ingredients

  • 1/4 cup extra-virgin olive oil
  • 1 medium onion, finely chopped
  • 3 carrots, finely chopped
  • 3 celery ribs, thinly sliced
  • Kosher salt
  • 2 teaspoons dry mustard powder
  • 1/8 teaspoon ground cloves
  • 1 pound yellow split peas, picked over and rinsed
  • 8 cups vegetable stock or low-sodium broth
  • Freshly ground pepper
  • 4 garlic cloves, thinly sliced

How to Make It

Step 1    

In a soup pot, heat 2 tablespoons of the olive oil. Add the onion, carrots, celery and a pinch of salt. Cover and cook over moderate heat, stirring occasionally, until the vegetables are softened, about 6 minutes. Stir in the dry mustard and cloves and cook for 1 minute. Add the split peas and stock and season with salt and pepper. Cover and simmer, stirring occasionally, until the split peas have broken down, about 1 hour.

Step 2    

Meanwhile, in a small skillet, heat the remaining 2 tablespoons of olive oil. Add the garlic and cook over moderately high heat until golden and crisp, about 3 minutes. Transfer to a plate to cool.

Step 3    

Season the soup with salt and pepper. Ladle the soup into bowls, top with the crisp garlic and serve.

Make Ahead

The soup can refrigerated for up to 3 days.

Suggested Pairing

Though most Beaujolais is straightforward, fruity wine, some ambitious producers are creating more robust, complex Beaujolais, generally from crus such as Morgon or Moulin-à-Vent, and aging it in French oak barrels to add complexity and depth. Burgundy producer Louis Jadot is one of these.

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