Pea And Ham Soup

• temps total: 17 hours 50 minutes

Ingrédients

500g / 1lb dried split peas

1 ⅕ / 2.4-5lb ham hock (aka ham bone), bacon hock or MEATY leftover ham bone

1/4 tsp salt (start with less, adjust later),

3/4 tsp black pepper,

2 garlic cloves minced,

2 bay leaves (dried or fresh),

1 onion,

2 celery sticks

1 carrot finely chopped,

8 cups (2 litres/qts) water

Instructions

Place peas in slow cooker, push ham in. Scatter all ingredients around the ham bone, then pour over water.

Slow cook 8 to 10 hours on LOW or 6 hours on HIGH. (Or 2.5 hours on low on stove, 1 h - 1 hr 20 min pressure cooker/Instant Pot on HIGH)

Remove ham bone, shred ham meat. Discard bone and fatty skin.

Remove bay leaves. Use a stick blender to blitz 2 or 3 times - thickens soup but doesn’t make it completely smooth (my preference, you can blend completely if you want).

Return ham into slow cooker, stir. Taste and add more salt if needed (soup gets lots of salt from ham). Serve garnished with parsley. Serve with crusty bread for dunking - make a quick Irish Soda Bread, Garlic Bread or upgrade to Cheesy Garlic Bread! {All on my site}