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Ärtsoppa

Name: Ärtsoppa
Total time: 120 min
Yield: Serves 6
Cuisine: Sweden
Ingredients: 300g Yellow split peas; 300g (in one piece) Pork belly; 1 Onion; 1 Carrot; A pinch Thyme; 1 Bay leaf; 1 tsp Salt; A pinch Black Pepper; To taste Mustard

Soup

⏱ 120 min

👥 Serves 6

Difficulty ⭐

Yellow peas slowly simmered with pork — Sweden's traditional soup, eaten on Thursdays.

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📖 The Story Behind This Dish

Ärtsoppa is a soup of dried yellow peas simmered with salt pork, and in Sweden it's customarily eaten on Thursdays. It's said to date from Catholic times, when people ate a nourishing meal the day before the Friday fast. It's served with mustard, and the set meal is finished with thin pancakes with jam and cream.

🌆 Where it's eaten: At Thursday lunch, school cafeterias and staff canteens serve ärtsoppa with pancakes, and everyone remarks, 'It's Thursday.'

🥕 Ingredients (serves 6)

Yellow split peas 300g
Pork belly 300g (in one piece)
Onion 1
Carrot 1
Thyme A pinch
Bay leaf 1
Salt 1 tsp
Black Pepper A pinch
Mustard To taste

👩‍🍳 Instructions

Rinse the peas and soak in water (split peas need only 30 minutes).
Put 1.5L water, the peas, pork belly block, and bay leaf in a pot, bring to a boil, and skim.
Add the chopped onion and carrot and the thyme and simmer on low for 1½ hours.
Remove the pork, cut into bite-sized pieces, and return to the pot.
When the peas have broken down and thickened, season with salt and pepper.
Serve with mustard.

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