Pea and ham soup

1 servings

Ingredients

QuantityIngredient
1poundsSplit peas
1Onion; finely chopped
3Sprigs thyme
12ouncesHam
5pintsHam stock
1Clove garlic
2ouncesButter
1Leek; finely chopped
2Sticks celery
2Bay leaves

Directions

Soak the peas overnight, then drain though a sieve. Melt the butter in a pot and add the onion, garlic, celery, leeks then toss to combine. Add the thyme and bay leaves and sweat everything off. Add some ham fat from the bottom of the ham and stir in with the other ingredients. Add the soaked split peas and stock, reduce the heat and simmer for 45 minutes.

Take the soup off the heat and blitz in a blender, sieve the soup into another saucepan and return to the heat to warm. Add the ham bits and serve.

Converted by MC_Buster.

Converted by MM_Buster v2.0l.