Pea and Ham soup recipes please.

[Nadine]

I have bought a packet of soup mix which I will soak overnight. I also bought a bacon hock to put in the soup. My plan is to have it cooking in the crock pot.

Now what else do I put in it? Do I just add carrot, celery and stock? Or do you put other veges in?

Please help. TIA

[MrsFabuloso]

The way that I make it is:

(No specific measurements, just what I think I need...)

Yellow split peas
Water
Ham hocks, maybe some chopped ham/bacon bits
carrots
potato

Cook everything together until the peas are mushy and it's all tender. YUM.....I'm going to have to get some ingredients now!!

ETA, forgot to add an onion! Which I fry lightly in some oil or butter before adding everything to it.

[Nadine]

Thanks heaps Kel I thought maybe potato but wasn't sure. That's tomorrow nights dinner, Yummy!

[suse]

I do it with: leeks (about 3-4), carrot (about 3), celery (4 stalks), 1kg bacon bones from the rib (much more flavour but a bit fiddly to pick the meat off, but definitely worth it) and yellow split peas. Oh, and about 2 ltrs of water. Once cooked I remove the bones, let the soup cool, skim the fat, pick the meat from the bones and chop finely, then return to the soup. It's really easy and super yummy.

[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!