Tempting Pea Soup
Nancy
Great on a winter day with buttered rye bread.
ingredients
- 1 package dried peas about 2 cups
- 2 quarts cold water
- 2 stalks celery including tops, chopped
- 2 carrots, chopped
- 1 medium onion, chopped
- 1 ham hock
- 1/2 tsp dried thyme
- 1/2 tsp dried marjoram
- dash of cayenne
- 1 bay leaf
- salt and pepper to taste
- Thick slice of cooked ham (optional)
directions
- 1
Mix all ingredients in large soup pot.
- 2
Cover and cook slowly until all veggies are soft, at least an hour.
- 3
Remove ham hock and bay leaf and use submersible hand-held blender to puree until somewhat smooth. Leave a little chunky.
- 4
Remove meat from ham hock and add to soup.
- 5
You can add more ham if you’d like.
notes
This freezes well. Just defrost and re-heat on a day when you're too tired to cook.
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