Pea and ham soup

pawpurrs

Chunky pea and ham soup

2 Gammon shanks
300g green split peas soaked overnight
2 large onions
1 bay leaf

Put all the ingredients into a large saucepan with 2 litres of water, bring to boil. Then reduce to a slow simmer for 2 hours, topping water as you go. There should be about 1.5 litres of thick soup at the end. Take out the gammon, remove the skin and bone and pull into chunks. Scoop out the onion and whizz to a paste in the food processor with a little of the soup. Stir back into the soup along with the ham. Serve with coarse black pepper

Nice os recipe, i thought i would share with you, any leftover ham is lovely in sandwiches, and is ideal in the SC, no added fat so nice and healthy.

mgardner

Great recipe, works well with bacon bits as well.

Sherratthead

I love this too...

But I always soak the ham shank / pestle in water overnight first otherwise I find that it can make the dish too salty.

mmmmmm mouth is watering already!

Jayne xxxxx

tiptoes

Keep meaning to make this OH doing overtime thus weekend might do it tomorrow and he can take it to keep him going through out the day

kazzagrezza

Hi

Anybody have any recipies on how I cook pea & ham soup?

Paulo

one here looks great....

pea and ham

kazzagrezza

Thanks Paulo - I will give it a try over the weekend

Mado

I generally don't bother with recipes.. but I am sure to make a soupd if I am lucky enough to find a ham knuckle in the ham ends. Makes a beautiful stock and there is generally plenty of meat as well

(Just add a few split peas while the stock cooks and lots of garden peas at the end.)

bootman

I bought a bacan hock yesterday and cooked it overnight in my slow cooker. £1.90 from morrisons frsh meat counter, I thought that was not a bad price.

I thought I might have a go at pea and ham soup.

Any fool proof recipes or do's and don'ts.

Or anything else you thing I should use the cooked meat for. Its so soft a lovely.

katieowl_2

Don't add any salt to soup until you have tasted it!!

Sometimes bacon hock is very salty, I have taken to soaking and changing water
twice.

Do use lentils instead of peas...cooks quicker!

Regards

Kate

bootman

Can I use a bag of frozen peas?