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Easy Ham and Split Pea Soup
Delicious yellow split peas cooked in ham stock and finished with cooked ham – this is the perfect recipe for using up leftover roast ham. It’s ridiculously easy to make, yet packed with flavour – and only 5 minutes hands on time! (No leftover roast ham? No problem – I have a solution!)
Prep Time
5 mins
Cook Time
1 hr
Total Time
1 hr 5 mins
Servings: 4 people
Calories: 302 kcal
Course:
Main Course , Soup
Cuisine:
British
Ingredients
- 200 g yellow split peas (see Note 1)
- 500 ml ham stock (see Note 2)
- 500 ml water
- 2 bay leaves
- 6 twists of black pepper
- 300 g cooked ham cubed (see Note 3)
Instructions
- Place the split peas, ham stock, water, bay leaves and black pepper in a saucepan.
- Cover and bring to the boil then simmer for 50 minutes.
- Remove the lid, lightly mash the split peas with a potato masher. (Optional – see Note 4.)
- Add the cooked ham, replace the lid and simmer for a further 10 minutes.
- Serve the soup with crusty bread.
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Notes
- Split peas vary enormously in how long they take to cook – so I advise you follow the packet instructions and also test as you go along. It is likely to take between 50 minutes and 1 hour 10 minutes to achieve a soft texture. Don’t add the ham until the split peas are quite soft.
- Use ham stock from making Honey Roast Ham. If you don’t have any ham stock, use 1 ham or chicken stock cube and 1 litre of water.
- Use leftover Honey Roast Ham. If you don’t have any leftover Honey Roast Ham, buy ready-cooked ham from your butcher or supermarket and chop into cubes. Alternatively buy an uncooked gammon steak, cube it and add to the soup a little earlier – so it cooks in the stock for 20 minutes.
- Lightly mashing the split peas gives the soup a little more ‘body’ / makes the soup thicker, while still preserving some of the texture of the split peas. If you prefer a chunkier texture, omit this step. If you prefer a smoother texture, use a hand blender to blitz the soup before adding the cubed ham.
- Not suitable for freezing.
- Nutrition information is approximate and meant as a guideline only.
Nutrition Information
Calories
302kcal
(15%)
Carbohydrates
32g
(11%)
Protein
29g
(58%)
Fat
7g
(11%)
Saturated Fat
2g
(10%)
Polyunsaturated Fat
1g
Monounsaturated Fat
3g
Cholesterol
55mg
(18%)
Sodium
917mg
(38%)
Potassium
809mg
(23%)
Fiber
13g
(52%)
Sugar
4g
(8%)
Vitamin A
78IU
(2%)
Vitamin C
18mg
(20%)
Calcium
41mg
(4%)
Iron
3mg
(17%)
Nutrition Facts
Serving: 4people
Amount Per Serving
Calories 302
% Daily Value*
| Calories | 302kcal | 15% |
| Carbohydrates | 32g | 11% |
| Protein | 29g | 58% |
| Fat | 7g | 11% |
| Saturated Fat | 2g | 10% |
| Polyunsaturated Fat | 1g | 6% |
| Monounsaturated Fat | 3g | 15% |
| Cholesterol | 55mg | 18% |
| Sodium | 917mg | 38% |
| Potassium | 809mg | 17% |
| Fiber | 13g | 52% |
| Sugar | 4g | 8% |
| Vitamin A | 78IU | 2% |
| Vitamin C | 18mg | 20% |
| Calcium | 41mg | 4% |
| Iron | 3mg | 17% |
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.