Vegetarian Split Pea Soup Recipe - cooking recipe

Ingredients

1 tablespoon olive oil
1/3 cup chopped carrot
1/3 cup finely chopped celery
1/3 cup finely chopped onion
1/4 teaspoon dried thyme
fresh ground black pepper
1 1/2 quarts vegetable stock
2 cups dried split peas
salt

Preparation

Heat the oil in a saucepan over low heat. Add the carrot, celery, onion and thyme, season lightly with pepper and cook for 10 minutes.
Add the stock and split peas, and bring to a boil quickly over high heat.
Lower the heat and simmer until the peas are tender, about 1 hour.
Puree 2/3 of the soup in a blender and stir it into the remaining 1/3.
If the soup is too thick, thin it by adding a little more stock. Raise the heat and bring the soup to a boil for 15 seconds.
Add salt and additional pepper to taste.