Pea and Ham Soup

[J C]

Can someone pls give me a good Pea and Ham Soup recipe

many thanks

John

Melbourne Vic

[Rheilly Phoull]

Post by J C
Can someone pls give me a good Pea and Ham Soup recipe
many thanks
John
Melbourne Vic

PEA SOUP
Ingredients


2kg Yellow split peas

(Don't use the green ones, they taste OK but it looks terrible!)



2 Bacon hocks



3 Onions or about 300 gm



4 Potatoes or about 400 gm



6 Carrots or about 750 gm



9 Liters of defrosted ice from the Matterhorn (Just kidding)



Preparation


Put the peas into a large basin and wash thoroughly, picking out any "suss"
bits and then drain off the water. (Probably take a few changes of water
until the "milky" appearance goes away) and soak over night in some fresh
water, not mandatory this soaking but it will speed the process.



Peel and finely dice (1 cm squares) the onion, potatoes and carrot.



Slop the water into a large pot, 10 liters is recommended and give it all
the heat you can get into it to bring to a fast boil.



When the water is boiling, add the peas and onion to it and stir frequently
until it comes back to the boil. Adjust the heat to give a reasonable
"bubble". Frequently stirring until the peas start to soften, then add the
bacon hocks and when it comes back to boiling add the carrots and potatoes.
Once it all comes back to boiling, adjust the heat for a slow simmer. Now
pea soup is treacherous stuff, so you will have to stir it frequently to get
the peas dissolved, also to avoid it burning on the bottom of the pot, which
would be disaster since the taste of that would kill the soup. Keep
adjusting the heat to give a nice slow simmer, after a couple of hours the
hocks should be falling off the bone.

With regard to the stirring, it is better to use a spoon with a flat section
on the bottom. Then you will be able to scrape all the peas from the bottom
of the pot.

Once the meat is softened, remove it from the pot and strip off the rind.
Dependant on your dietary practices you may choose to finely dice some of
this and return it to the pot or discard it (Most cats love this part!!).

Cut the meat off the bones if necessary and then slice it across the grain
and into small pieces. Return it to the soup and maintain the stirring until
the soup is smooth and rich. Adjust the seasoning to taste.



Just before serving, add some freshly chopped mint or chives as a garnish.

[atec 77]

Post by J C
Can someone pls give me a good Pea and Ham Soup recipe
many thanks
John
Melbourne Vic

WHats to know , simmer ham till cooked , add peas to taste salt pepper
and if you want some thickening or gravy

[canetoad]

Post by J C
Can someone pls give me a good Pea and Ham Soup recipe
many thanks
John
Melbourne Vic

1 pack green/yellow split peas
1 smoked hock or 4-6 bacon bones
1 large potato
1 large carrot
1 large onion
1 stick celery
3 lts water
salt/pepper to taste

Chop up vegies as you like (dice, grate etc). I put them all through the
grater on the food processor.

Slow cooker is excellent - fling everthing in and come back 8 hrs later.
In a pot, bring to boil, reduce heat, simmer 4-5 hours, remove bones.
Remove meat and put back into soup.

Let stand at least overnight.

[canetoad]

Post by canetoad
1 pack green/yellow split peas
1 smoked hock or 4-6 bacon bones
1 large potato
1 large carrot
1 large onion
1 stick celery
3 lts water
salt/pepper to taste
Chop up vegies as you like (dice, grate etc). I put them all through the
grater on the food processor.
Slow cooker is excellent - fling everthing in and come back 8 hrs later.
In a pot, bring to boil, reduce heat, simmer 4-5 hours, remove bones.
Remove meat and put back into soup.
Let stand at least overnight.

Forgot to add:
Delicious served with a splash of balsamic vinegar.

[The Purple Monster]

Post by canetoad

Post by J C
Can someone pls give me a good Pea and Ham Soup recipe
many thanks
John
Melbourne Vic

1 pack green/yellow split peas
1 smoked hock or 4-6 bacon bones
1 large potato
1 large carrot
1 large onion
1 stick celery
3 lts water
salt/pepper to taste
Chop up vegies as you like (dice, grate etc). I put them all through the
grater on the food processor.
Slow cooker is excellent - fling everthing in and come back 8 hrs later.
In a pot, bring to boil, reduce heat, simmer 4-5 hours, remove bones.
Remove meat and put back into soup.
Let stand at least overnight.

OK - I'd do this with a couple more spuds and I'd swap the split peas for
about a cup and a half of red lentils. I think it tastes much nicer and the
whole thing is ready in a round an hour.

I also hand chop my vegies as I want identifiable chunks of veggie in my
soup.

I think the celery is essential - I'm surprised that it's missing from most
people's recipes - just seems to give it the necessary "bite" (without
adding a real celery flavour)

This freezes really well - it's one of those soups that's better the next
day (or after a sojourn in the deep freeze)

TPM

[canetoad]

Post by The Purple Monster
OK - I'd do this with a couple more spuds and I'd swap the split peas for
about a cup and a half of red lentils. I think it tastes much nicer and the
whole thing is ready in a round an hour.
I also hand chop my vegies as I want identifiable chunks of veggie in my
soup.
I think the celery is essential - I'm surprised that it's missing from most
people's recipes - just seems to give it the necessary "bite" (without
adding a real celery flavour)
This freezes really well - it's one of those soups that's better the next
day (or after a sojourn in the deep freeze)

Variations are good and almost endless. As long as the soupmaker has a
ballpark idea of the quanties, they are only restrained by their own
creativity.

[CraigL]

Post by J C
Can someone pls give me a good Pea and Ham Soup recipe

Curiously enough I made Pea amd Ham soup yesterday.

1.5 cup green split peas
1.5 cup yellow split peas
1 tsp salt
1 tsp white pepper
2 litres water
2 smoked ham hocks
2 medium onions
2 medium carrot

Wash peas and put on to boil with the ham hocks, salt and pepper. Wash and
peel the carrots and onions and cut finely and add. Cook till the peas have
dissolved and the meat is falling off the bones. Remove the ham hocks,
strip the meat off the bones, chop finely and return to the soup. Bring to
the boil for about three minutes and serve if you like a rustic sytle soup
or blend if you prefer a smooth soup.

[Shelby]

Post by J C
Can someone pls give me a good Pea and Ham Soup recipe

I'm curious why none of the recipes mentioned removing the fat from the
soup. Bacon bones (any bones for that matter) contain quite a lot of fat.

I always make my stock separately:

Put enough water in pot so bones are covered. Add vegs to flavour stock (eg
onion, carrot, celery - no need to chop these up - just cut roughly in
half). Salt/Pepper etc as required.

When meat is really cooked (falling off bone), I remove meat and cut it up
(discarding any visible fat from the meat of course!!). Put meat in
separate bowl to broth. Discard vegs.

Pour broth into a bowl(s). Let cool. Then refrigerate overnight. Next day
you will see a hard layer of fat at the top of the broth - lift off
(chicken fat never hardens - so is a bit more fiddly to remove). You may be
surprised to see how much fat there actually is.

Then I will make the soup

[Kwyjibo]

Post by Shelby

Post by J C
Can someone pls give me a good Pea and Ham Soup recipe

I'm curious why none of the recipes mentioned removing the fat from the
soup.

Probably because the fat contains so much flavour.

I'm getting sick of seeing modern recipes specify that every little bit of
fat must be taken out of our food. Aside from fats being an essential part
of our diet, food is not just about nutrition - It's about enjoying it as
well.
The way things are going we may as well be eating protein, carbs and
vitimins from tasteless little astronaught tubes of mush - No thanks.

[Phred]

In article <466fdb2e$0$22414$***@per-qv1-newsreader-01.iinet.net.au>, "Kwyjibo" <***@removeozdebate.com> wrote:
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Post by Kwyjibo
The way things are going we may as well be eating protein, carbs and
vitimins from tasteless little astronaught tubes of mush - No thanks.

Hey, Kwji! You're getting ahead of yourself. A bit more push from
the greenies and the vegans and that's all you'll have!

Bad luck mate -- I suspect I'm old enough not to worry about it! :-)

Cheers, Phred.

[Kwyjibo]

Post by Phred
[snip]

Post by Kwyjibo
The way things are going we may as well be eating protein, carbs and
vitimins from tasteless little astronaught tubes of mush - No thanks.

Hey, Kwji! You're getting ahead of yourself. A bit more push from
the greenies and the vegans and that's all you'll have!

I guess they wouldn't like my solution if the world ever runs out of oil
then.
I've been working on a way to turn baby seals into petroleum :-)

[Jeßus]

Post by Kwyjibo

Post by Shelby

Post by J C
Can someone pls give me a good Pea and Ham Soup recipe

I'm curious why none of the recipes mentioned removing the fat from the
soup.

Probably because the fat contains so much flavour.
I'm getting sick of seeing modern recipes specify that every little bit of
fat must be taken out of our food. Aside from fats being an essential part
of our diet, food is not just about nutrition - It's about enjoying it as
well.
The way things are going we may as well be eating protein, carbs and
vitimins from tasteless little astronaught tubes of mush - No thanks.

Agree with the above.
Thing is, people should be concerned with their carb intake - not their
fat intake.
The average person gets way, way, way too many carbs per day. It's a
real problem,
but almost nobody seems to understand this, or why it's a problem now
more than ever.
It'll probably take another decade or more before the 'legitimate'
nutritionists finally catch
up and acknowledge it as a real problem.

[Chookie]

Post by Jeßus
Agree with the above.
Thing is, people should be concerned with their carb intake - not their
fat intake.

Why?

[Jeßus]

Post by Jeßus
Agree with the above.
Thing is, people should be concerned with their carb intake - not their
fat intake.

Why?

Obesity and often a contributing factor in diabetes. Sorry for the late
reply.

[Chookie]

Post by Jeßus

Post by Jeßus
Agree with the above.
Thing is, people should be concerned with their carb intake - not their
fat intake.

Why?

Obesity and often a contributing factor in diabetes. Sorry for the late
reply.

So are you saying that fat isn't a contributing factor to either obesity or
diabetes?

[Jeßus]

Post by Chookie

Post by Jeßus

Post by Jeßus
Agree with the above.
Thing is, people should be concerned with their carb intake - not their
fat intake.

Why?

Obesity and often a contributing factor in diabetes. Sorry for the late
reply.

So are you saying that fat isn't a contributing factor to either obesity or
diabetes?

For the most part, yes.
--
Is God willing to prevent evil, but not able?
Then he is not omnipotent.
Is he able, but not willing?
Then he is malevolent.
Is he both able and willing?
Then whence cometh evil?
Is he neither able nor willing?
Then why call him God?

- Epicurus

[canetoad]

n someone pls give me a good Pea and Ham Soup recipe

Post by Shelby
I'm curious why none of the recipes mentioned removing the fat from the
soup. Bacon bones (any bones for that matter) contain quite a lot of fat.

For the same reason that you rarely see anyone obsessively snipping the
fat from their middle rasher with a pair of nail scissors. The flavour.

Bacon bones actually have very little fat on them, hocks a little more
so, but long slow cooking homogenises the fat into the soup.

[Rheilly Phoull]

Post by J C
n someone pls give me a good Pea and Ham Soup recipe

Post by Shelby
I'm curious why none of the recipes mentioned removing the fat from the
soup. Bacon bones (any bones for that matter) contain quite a lot of fat.

For the same reason that you rarely see anyone obsessively snipping the
fat from their middle rasher with a pair of nail scissors. The flavour.
Bacon bones actually have very little fat on them, hocks a little more so,
but long slow cooking homogenises the fat into the soup.

Thats the way God planned it. We mortals should not fool around with stuff
we dont know about :-)