French Canadian Pea Soup

French Canadian Pea Soup
French Canadian Pea Soup

This French Canadian Pea Soup brings back my childhood. The memory of cold winter nights and warm meals. My mom would put her peas to soak the night before she would make the soup. I knew that the next day, our home would smell fabulous and I’d have the pleasure of eating that big bowl of comfort. Shout out to my mama who “veganized” the recipe and is making it taste just as if it was back then. You should also check out these French Canadian Shepherdโ€™s Pie.

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French Canadian Pea Soup

  • Author: livitygardens
  • Prep Time: 10 minutes (plus soaking)
  • Cook Time: 3 hours
  • Total Time: 3 hours 10 minutes
  • Yield: 8 servings 1x

Ingredients

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  • 4 big carrots, chopped finely
  • 2 medium onions, chopped finely
  • 1/2 head of celery, chopped finely
  • 6 cloves garlic, minced
  • 3 bay leaves
  • 812 cups vegetable broth
  • 2 Not-Chick’n bouillon cubes
  • 1 bag whole yellow peas (16 oz), soaked overnighht
  • 2 teaspoons garlic powder
  • 2 teaspoons onion powder
  • 78 drops of liquid smoke
  • Sea salt and pepper, to taste

Instructions

In a large soup pot, place all the ingredients. Bring to a boil, reduce the heat and let cook until the peas are very tender, stirring occasionally. It is important to taste as you go and adjust the seasonings.ย 

Notes

Before serving, feel free to use a hand-held mixer to purรฉe some of the soup, if the peas didn’t break off during cooking. Some people prefer a more uniform soup, whereas I love when I can see the peas. But your choice! Bon appรฉtit!

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Soupe aux pois du Quรฉbec

  • Author: livitygardens
  • Prep Time: 10 minutes
  • Cook Time: 3 heures (plus le temps de trempage)
  • Total Time: 3 heures 10 minutes
  • Yield: 8 portions 1x

Ingredients

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  • 4 grosses carottes, coupรฉes en dรฉs
  • 2 oignons moyens, coupรฉs en dรฉs
  • 1/2 pied de cรฉleri, coupรฉ en dรฉs
  • 6 gousses d’ail, รฉmincรฉes
  • 3 feuilles de laurier
  • 812 tasses de bouillon de lรฉgumes
  • 2 cubes de bouillon Not-Chick’n
  • 1 sac (16 onces) de pois jaunes entiers, trempรฉs toute une nuit
  • 2 c. ร  thรฉ de poudre d’ail
  • 2 c. ร  thรฉ de poudre d’oignon
  • 7 ร  8 gouttes de fumรฉe liquide
  • Sel de mer et poivre, au goรปt

Instructions

Dรฉposer tous les ingrรฉdients dans un gros chaudron ร  soupe. Porter ร  รฉbullition, rรฉduire le feu et cuire, en brassant souvent, jusqu’ร  ce que les pois soient trรจs tendres. Il est important de goรปter et d’assaisonner pendant la cuisson.

Notes

Vous pouvez utiliser un mรฉlangeur ร  immersion avant de servir pour rรฉduire en purรฉe. Certaines personnes aiment une soupe plus uniforme, alors que d’autres prรฉfรจrent une soupe plus croquante. C’est votre choix. Bon appรฉtit!

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Oh oui, Poutine!

Oh oui, Poutine!
Oh oui, Poutine!

Oh oui, Poutine! Being from Montrรฉal, Canada, I always considered poutine a fast food item or a 3AM pick-me-up! But when you dig deeper, poutine is really the most famous quรฉbรฉcois dish on a national (and international) level. I remember seeing poutine on menus in San Diego and in Mexico, for example. It originated in rural Quรฉbec in the late 1950s. Many small communities claim to be the birthplace of the famed poutine, but nobody really knows exactly where it originated. And I don’t want to take a side, because the discussion could get heated. I’m sending a big wink to people from Drummondville, Warwick, and Victoriaville!

Either way, poutine was always the first thing I would eat stepping off the plane when I visited. But because of the cheese curds, plus the sauce is usually made with beef broth, I had to realign my strategy. Thankfully, many restaurants in Montrรฉal, plant-based or not, now offer poutine vรฉgรฉ (Lola Rosa, Copper Branch, La Banquise, Poutineville, and many more). That’s when you see that we, French Canadians, can’t live without our poutine! So here is the version I use at home. This time I tried tofu as the cheese, but I think the very best option remains the Follow Your Heart Provolone.

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For another great French Canadian recipe, check out this wonderful Split Pea Soup.

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Oh oui, Poutine!

  • Author: Karine K

Ingredients

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For the Fries:

  • 56 Yukon Gold potatoes, cut into 1/4” wide sticks
  • Any high-heat oil (I used safflower, but peanut oil would work just great)

For the Sauce:

  • 2 tablespoons olive oil
  • 1 small onion, minced
  • 1 garlic clove, minced
  • 1/2 cup maple syrup
  • 1/4 cup chili sauce (the Heinz kind)
  • 2 tablespoons tamari
  • 1 tablespoon red wine vinegar
  • 1 tablespoon smoked paprika
  • 1 tablespoon chili powder
  • 1 tablespoon Dijon mustard
  • Juice from 1 lemon
  • 2 tablespoons corn starch
  • 2 cups vegetable broth
  • Sea salt and pepper, to taste

For the Cheese (if you want to use tofu):

  • 1/2 pack firm tofu
  • 1/2 cup lemon juice
  • 2 tablespoons sea salt

Instructions

For the fries, I’ve always used the method from rvgoddess.com. It’s basically putting your potato sticks into room temperature oil in a large Dutch oven. Bring the oil to a rolling boil without disturbing the potatoes. Once you achieve the rolling boil, keep cooking the potatoes without disturbing anything for an additional 15 minutes. Once the potatoes are floating loose, you can start to stir them. Carefully! You will need to keep frying them until they are golden and crispy. Remove to a paper towel-lined baking sheet. Season with sea salt and use right away. This method is mess-free and stress-free!

For the sauce, heat the oil in a saucepan over medium heat. Add the onions and garlic, and sautรฉ for 4-5 minutes, until translucent. Add the maple syrup, chili sauce, tamari, red wine vinegar, smoked paprika, chili powder, Dijon mustard, and lemon juice. Cook while stirring for two minutes. Dilute the corn starch into the vegetable broth. Add to the saucepan. Bring to a boil stirring constantly, lower the heat, and simmer 10 minutes, stirring often. Taste and adjust seasonings.

For the cheese, if you are using tofu, cut the half brick into small cubes. Soak in the lemon juice and sea salt for about 30 minutes. If you are using the provolone, just cut into small pieces.

To assemble, place the fries in a plate, top with the cheese, and finally with some sauce. Enjoy your plant-based poutine, mes amis! Bon appรฉtit!

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Poutine vรฉgรฉtalienne

  • Author: Karine K

Ingredients

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Pour les frites:

  • 5 ร  6 pommes de terre Yukon Gold, coupรฉes en bรขtonnets de 1/4 pouce (0,5 cm)
  • Gros chaudron d’huile ร  haute tempรฉrature

Pour la sauce:

  • 2 c. ร  soupe d’huile d’olive
  • 1 petit oignon, รฉmincรฉ
  • 1 gousse d’ail. รฉmincรฉe
  • 1/2 tasse de sirop d’รฉrable
  • 1/4 tasse de sauce chili (de type Heinz)
  • 2 c. ร  soupe de sauce tamari ou soya
  • 1 c. ร  soupe de vinaigre de vin rouge
  • 1 c. ร  soupe de paprika fumรฉ
  • 1 c. ร  soupe de poudre de chili
  • 1 c. ร  soupe de moutarde de Dijon
  • Jus de 1 citron frais
  • 2 c. ร  soupe de fรฉcule de maรฏs
  • 2 tasses de bouillon de lรฉgumes
  • Sel de mer et poivre, au goรปt

Pour le fromage (si vous prรฉfรฉrez utiliser du tofu):

  • 1/2 paquet de tofu extra ferme
  • 1/2 tasse de jus de citron
  • 2 c. ร  soupe de sel de mer

Instructions

Pour les frites, j’aime utiliser la recette de rvgoddess.com. Il s’agit simplement de mettre les bรขtonnets de pommes de terre dans une cocotte ou un chaudron d’huile ร  tempรฉrature ambiante. Porter l’huile ร  รฉbullition doucement, sans dรฉranger les pommes de terre. Une fois au point d’รฉbullition, laisser mijoter sans dรฉranger, pour 15 minutes. Une fois que les pommes de terre commencent ร  flotter, vous pouvez les mรฉlanger. Faites attention. Vous pouvez continuer de les cuire jusqu’ร  ce qu’elles soient dorรฉes et croustillantes. Retirer de l’huile et dรฉposer sur une tรดle recouverte de papier essuie-tout. Assaisonner de sel de mer. Cette mรฉthode est sans dรฉgรขt et sans souci.

Pour la sauce, chauffer l’huile dans une casserole ร  feu moyen. Ajouter les oignons et l’ail, et faire revenir pendant 4 ร  5 minutes, jusqu’ร  ce que l’oignon soit translucide. Ajouter le sirop d’รฉrable, la sauce chili, la sauce tamari ou soya, le vinaigre de vin rouge, le paprika fumรฉ, la poudre de chili, la moutarde de Dijon, et le jus de citron. Cuire, en brassant, pendant deux minutes. Diluer la fรฉcule de maรฏs dans le bouillon de lรฉgumes. Ajouter ร  la casserole. Porter ร  รฉbullition, en brassant constamment. Rรฉduire le feu et laisser mijoter pendant 10 minutes, en brassant souvent. Goรปter et ajuster les assaisonnements.

Pour le fromage, si vous utiliser le tofu, couper la moitiรฉ du paquet en petits cubes. Tremper dans le jus de citron et le sel de mer pendant environ 30 minutes. Si vous utiliser le provolone de Earth Island, couper en petits morceaux.

Pour assembler, placer des frites dans des assiettes creuses ou des bols peu profonds, ajouter le fromage et napper de sauce. Bon appรฉtit!

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