Pea and Ham soup?

stiltoncheese

I've tried searching the slow-cooker index but there are no links to click on for some reason?

Any tried and tested recipes for the slow cooker?

DH loves pea and ham soup so I was thinking of buying a whole gammon joint and making some in the slow cooker. Would I need to boil the gammon first (to remove excess salt) or could I just bung it in and follow a standard recipe but over a longer amount of time?

Worried it will come out awful and DH will be proved right that slow cooker food is terrible (I don't think it is at all, but he is adament that it all comes out horrible).

Thanks

Pink.

A lot of people make pea and ham soup in their slow cooker. I tried it once and it worked well and my family enjoyed it, but I'm not particularly keen on any pea and ham soup so tend to use the stock from gammon or ham hock to make lentil soup.


There is a thread that may help with some recipes:


Pea and ham soup


I'll add this one to that thread later.


Pink

stiltoncheese

Thanks Pink

CH27

I always soak my gammon overnight as I don't like my food salty.

meg72

I cook a gammon joint on its own and slice it up for several meals.


The stock can then be tried if its too salty I cook some potatoes in it
these absorbe the salt.


The stock is then used for soup for pea and ham I soften half an onion and add 2 tins mushy peas, the stock and a few chopped bits of the gammon.