Pea and Ham soup recipes please.

[visitor1]

* 500g packet dried green split peas
* 4 cups (1L) chicken stock
* 1kg ham hock or bacon bones
* 1 onion, chopped
* 1 stick celery, chopped
* 1 carrot, roughly chopped
* salt and cracked black pepper
* 2L water

Method

1. Place split peas in a sieve and run under cold water for a minute or until water turns clear. Set aside. Place stock, 2L water, ham hock, vegetables and split peas in a large saucepan. Cook soup over medium high heat for 1 1/2 hours, skimming the surface occasionally to remove any foam. Remove from heat. Remove ham hock from the soup and set aside for 5 minutes.
2. Meanwhile blend the soup with a hand-held blender until pureed. Remove fat from ham hock, shred meat roughly and return to the soup.

[Snowy Love]

I don't pre-soak the peas (and by the looks of Suze & Kimbaz's recipies they don't either). I just chuck an onion, carrot, bag of yellow split peas & bacon hock in a pot and cook till the peas are mushy. Easy & yum!

[Beatrix]

dont forget potatoes, they make the soup nice and thick!!

and make sure you have a fresh cobb loaf too yummy


and even better have a pie floater with it

[visitor1]

I soak the peas for 6+ hours first.....missed that step!

Yes i agree with Beatrix...potatoes are good!

[Nadine]

Thanks so much ladies

I have soaked the soup mix overnight, and I am precooking them for 1hr atm. Also my MIL says she cooks the hock in a pressure cooker for 30min and then uses that liquid as the stock. So I am doing that aswell. The hock will get cut up and put in the crockpot with the rest of the ingredients.

Thanks again. I will let you all know how it turns out. And yes I will be buying some yummy fresh bread to have with it

[tiffanny]

cheats version lol

500 grams diced bacon
2 litres chicken stock
Yellow split peas ( I like it thick so I put heaps in)
2 onions
white pepper to taste

In a big saucepan I brown off the bacon and onion. Then cover with stock. Add split peas and more stock/water if needed. Cook on a low simmer for a couple of hours.

[Nadine]

I went out for a bit today and when I came back I could smell the soup at the front door. Opened the door and was hit by the best smell LOL. YUMMY! I can't wait to eat it