A Country Doctor Cooks: Swedish Yellow Split Pea Soup

A very traditional Swedish Thursday meal that I now eat whenever I feel like it is yellow pea soup, sometimes split and sometimes not, with onion and ham. I usually buy split peas because they don’t need to soak overnight. During my brief stint in the army, that’s what we had every Thursday for supper, followed by thin crêpe-like pancakes with strawberry jam, and maybe even whipped cream on top.

Here’s my recipe: Chop a medium yellow onion finely and sautée. Add 16 oz Goya split yellow peas, 6 cups water, 1 package diced ham. Boil until thick and mushy, more than 1 hour. Serve with spicy brown mustard in the bottom of the bowl. Stir and enjoy.

Swedish pancake/crêpe recipe to follow another time.