Canadian Pea Soup Recipe

• 1 lb Dry yellow peas
• 1 Tbsp. Butter
• 1 lrg Onion, minced
• 1 Tbsp. Salt
• 1 lb Salt pork
• 12 c. Water
• 1 tsp Dry savory Pepper to taste

1. Place peas in a colander; rinse under running water.
2. Put peas in a large stockpot; cover with cool water and allow to soak overnight.
3. (If using split peas, there's no need to presoak.)
4. Drain.
5. In a large pot, heat the butter and saute/fry onion till softened, about 2 min.
6. Add in peas, salt, salt pork, water and savory.
7. Bring to boil; cover and simmer for about 1 1/2 hrs or possibly unntil salt pork is tender.
8. Remove pork; chop and turn to soup.
9. Continue simmering soup till peas are tender, about 30 min longer.
10. Remove 2 c. peas from soup and process in food processor; stir back into the soup.
11. Adjust seasoning and serve.

yellow peas, butter, onion, salt, salt pork, water, pepper

Taken from cookeatshare.com/recipes/canadian-pea-soup-98475 (may not work)