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Pea and Ham Soup

Brenda Janschek
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Prep Time 10 mins
Cook Time 2 hrs
Total Time 2 hrs 10 mins
Servings 8

Ingredients
  

  • 500 grams green split peas
  • Sea salt
  • Warm filtered water
  • Yoghurt 2 tablespoons
  • 1 tablespoon olive oil
  • 1 large onion chopped
  • 4 garlic cloves chopped
  • 2 carrots diced
  • 2 celery sticks diced
  • 1 potato or sweet potato peeled and diced
  • 1 kilo ham hock
  • 1 bay leaf
  • 2 cups chicken stock (or water if you prefer)
  • 6 cups water
  • sea salt and cracked black pepper to taste

Instructions
 

  • Soak the split peas in warm filtered water, sea salt and yoghurt for 6-8 hrs then rinse well. This is to make the peas more digestible but you can skip this step if you don't have time.
  • Heat oil on medium heat in a large pot and saute onion for a few minutes until the soften up
  • Add garlic, carrot, celery and potato and sweat with the lid on for 5 minutes
  • Pop in ham hock, chicken stock, water, split peas, bay leaf, sea salt and pepper and bring to boil
  • Turn heat down, cover and simmer for around 2 hours or until peas are cooked and soup has thickened.
  • Using tongs, remove hock and remove skin and fat and chop up the ham to use to top the soup.
  • Blend remaining soup to your preferred consistency.
  • Serve in bowls topped with chopped ham.
  • Serve with garlic bread

Notes

Alternatively, you can put all these ingredients into the slow cooker and cook on low for 8-10 hrs or high for 6hrs.
This recipe can be frozen.