
Traditional Dutch peas and sausages soup – Snert (my version)
It instantly gives you a wonderful feeling of comfort, warmth and joy, literally the best cream soup I’ve ever eaten.
Creamy pea and smoked sausage soup – Dutch winter soup (Snert)- my version
Course: Main, Lunch, DinnerCuisine: DutchDifficulty: Medium8
servings25
minutes50
minutes365
kcal1
hour15
minutesTruly the tastiest cream soup I’ve made so far and for a long time I probably won’t stop saying this. I started from the idea of creating something warm and tasty, having only a few ingredients at hand. Doing a little research on the internet I found something that was close to what I wanted. The Dutch have a dry pea soup with smoked sausage, very consistent. Snert, as it is called, is a thick pea soup with vegetables served on the New Year but also on cold winter days. It is traditionally served with slices of smoked sausage. It seemed like a good start for my soup, so let’s make it together!
Ingredients
400 g peas (I used canned boiled peas)
300 g thick smoked sausages
2 medium potatoes
1 large carrot
1 medium-sized bell pepper
3-4 green onions
1 white onion
60 g parsnips
60 g celery
1 head of garlic (7-8 cloves)
200 ml unsweetened cream
80 g parmesan (I used the rind from a piece of parmesan)
40 g finely grated parmesan for decoration
40 g dried onion for decoration
3-4 tablespoons of oil
salt, pepper to taste
Directions
- Although this soup is of medium difficulty, I assure you that there is nothing complicated about our soup. The greatest degree of difficulty, in my opinion, is the time spent preparing the ingredients and waiting for them to boil. Oh, and washing the dishes at the end, but it will be worth the effort, I promise!
- So, let’s start with the beginning… clean the vegetables and cut them into pieces not very small but not large. Cut the sausages into rounds of approximately 3-4 cm, drain the peas from the can and rinse them with a little cold water, and cut the potatoes into quarters, because they boil faster. I used a 3 l pot in which I added 3-4 tablespoons of oil and fried sausages. We’ll be using the same pot for our entire dish, which is a bonus. After the sausages have browned a little, take them out on a plate and leave them aside.
- The oil in the pot is still warm, so we start adding the vegetables one by one, carefully though. I tasted the peas and they were cooked well, so I chose to add them at the end, in order not to crush the delicate beans and to keep the freshness of the color. We return to our pot and cook the vegetables on medium heat for 5 minutes, stirring from time to time.
- Add enough water to cover the vegetables. Then add the pieces of parmesan, the garlic and about half of the amount of fried sausages. It’s as if you’re already starting to imagine the crazy taste, isn’t that right? Season with salt and pepper to taste and let everything boil over low to medium heat. I usually try the hottest vegetable to know when to turn off the heat, in this case I tested carrot and parsnip.
- When the vegetables are ready, turn off the heat and leave to cool for 10 minutes. I used the food processor to grind the vegetables and it is advisable not to pour very hot liquids into it. The same rule applies to the manual vertical food processor, we are not in a hurry, because in the end we get there just by keeping our utensils healthy, so to speak. Returning to our soup, we start to process the vegetables, one by one, and now we also add the peas. We transform everything into a wonderful and delicious cream.
- I transferred the cream soup to a clean pot, because I didn’t fit all the soup in the blender from the beginning. I added the unsweetened cream, mixed well and put the pot back on the heat for 2-3 minutes on low heat, or until it starts to boil. Tip: keep the temperature low because hot splashes from the soup will come out at a high temperature and you can easily burn yourself.
- That’s all!!! We give it a final taste, add salt and pepper if necessary and we are ready to serve. I can honestly tell you that I haven’t eaten such tasty soup since I started this cooking madness. An enormous satisfaction for my evolution but also for my taste buds, of course! Try the recipe and you will surely impress your family and friends!! Otherwise, I can only say: Yummy…