Split Pea Soup with Ham or Bacon Bones
 
 
Split pea soup with ham or bacon bones is a classic winter warmer.
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Recipe type: Soup
Serves: 6
Ingredients
  • 500g or 16 oz. packet dried green split peas
  • 4 cups of low salt chicken stock
  • Up to 1kg ham bone or bacon bones (I used bacon bones)
  • 1 tbsp oil
  • 1 clove garlic finely chopped
  • 1 onion, chopped
  • 2 carrots chopped
  • 1 bouquet garni (parsley, thyme and a bay leaf tied with string)
  • 1 cup cream
  • salt and cracked pepper to taste
Instructions
  1. Rinse split peas and soak in a pan of water for at least an hour or up to 8 hours to plump them up. (lots of people skip this step but it's how my mother taught me to make this soup.)
  2. In a large heavy bottomed pan heat the oil and add the garlic, onion and carrots and slowly cook without burning or coloring.
  3. Add the split peas, chicken stock, bones, cracked pepper and bouquet garni and simmer for 1½ hours.
  4. Remove bouquet garni and discard - it's done its work
  5. Remove the bones and pick off the meat (it should just fall apart) and return to soup pot.
  6. Taste and adjust seasoning.
  7. Either blitz or blend if you want smooth soup
  8. Stir in cream
  9. Serve with some nice crusty bread
Recipe by Orgasmic Chef at https://orgasmicchef.com/split-pea-soup-with-ham-or-bacon-bones/