Split Pea Soup

SilverButterfly
SilverButterfly @cook_2719135
Indianapolis, Indiana

Split Pea Soup from the Colonial Era.

Split Pea Soup

Split Pea Soup from the Colonial Era.

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Ingredients

5 mins
6 servings
  1. 1 lbdried split peas
  2. 1meaty ham hock with bone
  3. 2-4 stripsBacon and bacon grease
  4. 1 TBSChicken drippings or chicken bouillon
  5. 1 cupsliced carrots
  6. 3 stalkschopped celery
  7. 1medium sweet onion chopped
  8. 1/2 cupcream
  9. 2 TBSbutter
  10. to tastesalt and pepper
  11. 8 cupswater

Cooking Instructions

5 mins
  1. 1

    Sort through peas, clean them of any debris.

  2. 2

    Put peas and ham in large pan cover with 8 cups of water.

  3. 3

    Add onion

  4. 4

    Bring to boil

  5. 5

    Turn down to simmer and cover. Simmering for about 1 1/2 hours. Stirring frequently.

  6. 6

    Remove ham bone cut ham from bone and dice putting both both and meat back into the pot.

  7. 7

    Fry bacon, add grease to pot put bacon aside to crumble into soup later.

  8. 8

    Add carrot and celery. Simmer another 30 minutes.

  9. 9

    Add butter, cream and bacon crumbles. Stirring well add salt and pepper to taste. About 1 to 1 1/2 tsp each. I use less salt and let it be salted to taste by each person. Simmer another half hour stirring frequently and serve.

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