Split peas in your cupboard?

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There’s nothing easier to prepare than soups! Simple, low in calories and a filling dish which warms your spirits in the few cold days we are blessed with on this island.

Try this one out!

Ingredients for 4 persons:

• 200g dried split green peas
• 150g pumpkin
• bay leaves
• 80g speck slices
• 2 small onions
• 4 slices crusty bread
• 1 tsp fennel seeds
• 1 tblsp white wine vinegar
• olive oil
• salt & pepper

Put the peas in water and leave to soak according to packet instructions. In the meantime, slice the onions very thinly and put into cold water for 30 minutes. In a deep pan put the chopped pumpkin, bay leaves, the peas and around 1.5 ltrs of water. Cover and bring to boil then lower heat and simmer for 45 minutes. Then remove the bay leaves and blend the mixture. Add salt and leave in pan. In a frying pan pour some olive oil and fry the bread cut into cubes and the speck cut into strips until both are golden. Remove from pan. Add some more oil in the same frying pan and throw the fennel seeds and onions and cook for some minutes. Then add the bread and speck to the onion mixture, pour in the vinegar, salt and pepper. Serve the soup into bowls and distribute the bread mixture on top evenly.