Easiest Way to Prepare Homemade Chunky Pea & Ham Soup

Hey everyone, it is me, Dave, welcome to my recipe site. Today, I will show you a way to make a special dish, chunky pea & ham soup. One of my favorites food recipes. This time, I will make it a bit tasty. This is gonna smell and look delicious.

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To begin with this recipe, we have to prepare a few ingredients. You can cook chunky pea & ham soup using 9 ingredients and 8 steps. Here is how you cook it.

The ingredients needed to make Chunky Pea & Ham Soup:

1. Prepare 500 grams Green split peas
2. Make ready 1 Leek, sliced
3. Make ready 3 large carrots, diced
4. Take 2 large potatoes, diced
5. Take 3 Celery stalks, diced
6. Take 2 Bay leaf
7. Prepare 4 Smoked ham bones (or bacon bones)
8. Take 200 grams Piece of smoked ham
9. Get 1 Cracked black pepper to taste

Steps to make Chunky Pea & Ham Soup:

1. Soak split peas for 6 hours or over night.
2. Drain, rinse and add to large pot. Cover with cold water.
3. Bring to the boil then gently simmer until peas start to break up.
4. Whilst waiting for that to happen- throw carrots, leek and celery in a large heavy base pan and fry until softened (not browned).
5. Add celery, leek and carrots to the peas along with potatoes, bay leaves, ham bones and ham.
6. Keep it simmering for around an eternity until the smell makes you salivate and soup is thickened.
7. Remove ham piece, chop it up and throw it back in.
8. I like to leave the bones in but you can remove if wanted. Nothing beats sucking on a bacon bone whilst you eat your soup (for me). Crack some black pepper, top with some chopped celery leaves and serve with crusty bread. Enjoy!

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