Recipe Ingredients

Recipe Cooking and Preparation Method

Steep the peas in water over night. Pour out the water, rinse the peas well and strain the remaining water from them. Pour water into a saucepan. Add peas and smoked bones or knuckle. Cook at a low heat for approximately 2 ½ - 3 hours.

Remove the smoked bones or knuckle from the saucepan, separate the meat and cut into small pieces. Peel and chop the onions and carrots and add them to the saucepan together with the meat pieces, cream (for a smoother taste if you wish), black pepper, marjoram and salt (as much as needed for your liking).

Cook at a low heat for 30 minutes. If you wish, you can season the soup with a little mustard.

Food Serving Suggestion

Serve the Pea Soup hot. In Finland, Pea Soup is traditionally served on Shrovetide with lukewarm Punch and slices of rye bread and butter.

Pea Soup is also "a Finnish national Thursday meal", and often followed by pan cakes as a dessert.