Split Pea Soup with Ham
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Recipe type: Main, Soup
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Serves: serves 6
 
Ingredients
  • 8 tablespoons butter
  • 1 large onion, diced
  • 2 stalks celery, diced
  • 5 carrots, sliced
  • ¾ cup split peas
  • 2 teaspoons dried thyme
  • 1 teaspoon sea salt
  • 1 teaspoon freshly ground pepper
  • 8 cups broth (I have used many different types of broth, usually just whatever I just made that week so anything from goat to turkey to chicken to duck, it's all good)
  • a ham bone and about a pound of ham, diced (we raise a pig every year and always get ham steaks and they work perfectly for this since they always have a little nubbin of bone in the them but if you have leftover ham that works perfectly)
Preparation Instructions
  1. In a dutch oven or stock pot over medium heat, melt the butter.
  2. Add the diced onion, celery and carrots and cook until soft.
  3. Add the thyme, salt and pepper.
  4. Pour in the broth and the split peas and add the ham bone and ham (unless you are using leftover ham that is already cooked, in that case wait to add the ham until after the peas are cooked) and bring to a boil. Once boiling, reduce heat and simmer until the peas are soft.
  5. Serve hot with fresh bread.
Recipe by Foods of Our Lives at https://www.foodsofourlives.com/2014/10/split-pea-soup-with-ham/