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Pea & Ham Soup

Raewyn Murray
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Prep Time 10 minutes
Cook Time 2 hours

Ingredients
  

  • 250 grams 8 oz yellow split peas
  • 1 bacon hock
  • 2½ litres 4 pints water
  • 25 grams 1 oz butter
  • 1 onion sliced
  • 1 clove crushed garlic
  • 2 sliced carrots
  • 1 tsp mixed herbs
  • 1 tsp mint
  • Ground pepper

Instructions
 

  • Soaked split peas overnight. Simmer bacon hock in water for two hours. Cool & skim off fat, save hock. Saute vegies for 5 minutes, add drained peas, cook 5 minutes, add stock, mixed herbs, mint & ground pepper and simmer for 2 hours. Put soup through blender. Add pieces of ham and milk as desired.