Laborer's Soup
Origin: Paris, France
Source: Auguste Escoffier, 1907
Ingredients
- 300 g pork knuckle, desalted
- 300 g salt pork
- 2.5 L water
- 1 medium carrot
- 1 medium turnip
- 2 pieces leek whites
- 0.5 piece onion, minced
- 1 deciliter split peas
Instructions
- Start a small country pot with the desalted pork knuckle, salt pork, and water. Add the carrot, turnip, leek whites, and minced onion, all cut into rough chunks. Add the split peas.
- Cook very gently for 3 hours.
- Serve with small pieces of the boned pork knuckle and salt pork.