Rutabaga be augmented with black pepper. Onions are never used. Regionally, neeps are a common ingredient in soups and stews. In England, swede is boiled together with carrots and served either mashed or pureed with butter and ground pepper. The flavored cooking water is often retained for soup, or as an addition to gravy. Swede is an essential vegetable component of the traditional Welsh lamb broth called cawl and Irish stew as eaten in England. Swede is also a component of the popular condiment Branston Pickle. The swede is also one of the four traditional ingredients of the pasty originating in
Pea soup "snert", is the Dutch version of pea soup. It is a thick stew of green split peas, different cuts of pork, celeriac or stalk celery, onions, leeks, carrots, and often potato. Slices of "rookworst" (smoked sausage) are added before serving. The soup, which is traditionally eaten during the winter, is emblematic of Dutch cuisine. It is customarily served with Frisian rye bread ("roggebrood") and bacon, cheese or butter. The bacon is usually "katenspek", a variety of bacon which has been cooked and then smoked. Pancakes are sometimes served with pea soup; this dish is called "snert met struif", "struif" referring