Creamy Pea Soup with Bacon

Soups | Poland cuisine

⏳ Time

1 hour 45 minutes

🥕 Ingredients

🍽️ Servings

Description

This soup is best enjoyed in one sitting; the next day it will turn into a mush and become quite unappealing.

Ingredients

Potato - 3 pieces
Pea purée - 1 glass
Bacon - 3.5 oz
Garlic - 1 clove
Safflower Oil - 1 tablespoon
Salt - to taste
Ground Black Pepper - to taste
Onion - 1 piece

Step by Step guide

Step 1

Rinse the peas and transfer them to a pot. Add a liter of water, season with salt and pepper, bring to a boil, and simmer for one hour with the lid on.

Step 2

After an hour, add diced potatoes to the pot.

Step 3

Finely chop the garlic and onion, place them in a frying pan, and sauté in sunflower oil until golden brown. Cut the bacon into strips about one and a half to two centimeters wide and add them to the pan with the onion and garlic, frying until they reach the desired level of crispness.

Step 4

Check if the potatoes are done. If they are, mash the pea-potato mixture directly in the pot and add the bacon with garlic and onion.

Step 5

Stir the finished soup well, remove it from the heat, and let it sit covered for a while. When serving, you can garnish it with a strip of crispy bacon and some herbs.