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Split Pea and Ham Soup

Bring something special to the table with this well-loved recipe.

Prep Time
15 mins
Cook Time
4 hrs 15 mins
Total Time
4 hrs 35 mins
Servings: 4 servings
Course: Soup
Cuisine: French , British

Ingredients

  • 1 lb green split peas dried
  • 8 ½ cups water
  • 1 ham hock smoked
  • 1.5 cups ham diced, cooked
  • 3/4 cup peas fresh or frozen
  • 1 talk celery chopped
  • 1 onion chopped
  • 1 carrot chopped
  • 3 bay leaves
  • 3 cloves garlic
  • 1 teaspoon cayenne pepper
  • butter
  • black pepper freshly ground

Instructions

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  1. Soak the peas overnight in water.
  2. Rinse the peas and discard water.
  3. Place a couple of tablespoons of butter in a large heavy-based pot. Over a medium to high heat, soften the onion, carrot, and celery.
  4. After a couple of minutes, add the garlic and continue cooking.
  5. Add about a liter of water, the hock, bay leaves and rinsed peas. Stir and add another liter of water.
  6. Bring to the boil and reduce to a simmer.
  7. Allow to simmer for 4 hours (more liquid may be added if the contents become too dry).
  8. While the soup is cooking, sauté the diced cooked ham in a frying pan over a high heat with a little butter. When it starts to brown, remove from the pan and set aside.
  9. Pour boiling water on the fresh or frozen peas and allow to stand for 1 minute, then strain and set aside.
  10. Once the soup has finished cooking, allow it to cool slightly, remove the hock and bay leaves, and blend or process the soup until smooth.
  11. Return the blended soup to a medium heat and taste for seasoning; it will have been infused by salt from the hock.
  12. Add the cooked ham and peas and serve.

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