Pea soup with smoked pork cheek
Without pea soup, the life of an Estonian worker is impossible. Without saving on peas, it must be cooked so that the next day - already cold - it can practically be cut into pieces with a knife.
Ingredients
Servings 4- 150 g onion
- 150 g of carrots
- 350 g smoked pork cheeks or flank
- vegetable oil
- 400 g chopped yellow peas
- 4 bay leaves
- salt
Cooking
Step 1
Onions, carrots and 200 g of pork cut into approximately the same small cubes. Salt. Fry in a pan in vegetable oil, 2-3 minutes.
Step 2
Wash the peas 4 times. Add to vegetables and simmer for another 10 minutes.
Step 3
Pour in 1.2 liters of drinking hot water, add bay leaves and cook on low heat for 3 hours.
Step 4
Before serving, cut the remaining pork into medium pieces and fry in a dry frying pan. Serve with soup.