Pea & ham soup

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This is traditional pea and ham soup at its best.

Recipe «Pea & ham soup» presented in category Recipes / Soups, to prepare this dish you will need no more 2:40 minutes. To make this dish at home by prescription from the author sheff would need: 290g green split peas, 2 tbsp olive oil, 2 carrots, peeled, chopped, 2 sticks celery, trimmed, chopped, 1 brown onion, halved, chopped , 3 garlic cloves, crushed, 700g ham or bacon hocks, 1.5L cold water , Salt & freshly ground black pepper, Bread, to serve.

Ingredients:

  • 290g green split peas 
  • 2 tbsp olive oil 
  • 2 carrots, peeled, chopped 
  • 2 sticks celery, trimmed, chopped 
  • 1 brown onion, halved, chopped 
  • 3 garlic cloves, crushed 
  • 700g ham or bacon hocks 
  • 1.5L cold water 
  • Salt & freshly ground black pepper 
  • Bread, to serve 

Instructions

  1. Rinse split peas under cold running water until water runs clear. Drain.
  2. Heat oil in a saucepan over medium heat. Add carrot, celery, onion and garlic, and cook, stirring, for 5 minutes or until the onion softens.
  3. Add split peas, ham hocks and water. Bring to the boil over high heat. Reduce heat to medium-low and simmer, covered, for 2 - 2 1/2 hours or until ham hocks are tender and the meat is falling away from the bones. Set aside for 5 minutes to cool slightly. Remove ham hocks from pan. Remove the meat from bones. Coarsely chop meat and set aside.
  4. Place one-quarter of the pea mixture in the bowl of a food processor and process until smooth. Return to pan with ham. Repeat with remaining pea mixture. Taste and season with salt and pepper. Stir over medium-high heat for 5 minutes or until hot.
  5. Ladle soup into bowls and serve immediately with crusty bread.