Chunky Split Pea Soup

Total Time: 6 hrs 20 mins Preparation Time: 20 mins Cook Time: 6 hrs

Ingredients

• Servings: 6
• 2 -3 cups split peas
• thick slice smoked ham or 2 boneless lamb chops
• chopped onion
• 2 chopped garlic cloves
• 1 -2 tablespoon olive oil or 1 -2 tablespoon butter
• 4 -6 cups water or 4 -6 cups chicken broth
• 2 cubed potatoes, about 1 c
• 2 sliced carrots, about 1 c
• 2 chopped celery, about 1 c
• salt
• pepper
• herbs
• seasoning, of choice (bay, red pepper flakes, curry powder or ?)
• sour cream (or yoghurt & dry sherry)

Recipe

• 1 soak peas over-night, drain, and add fresh water or broth. in crockpot cook the peas with water/broth/onion/garlic/ham until peas are very soft & ham is tender, low setting is best. you may need to stir occasionally to avoid burning, especially if you use high setting.
• 2 puree or smash about half of this mixture. ham will fall apart.
• 3 add veggies, salt, pepper, herbs/seasoning during the last hour.
• 4 serve with a spoonful of sour cream/yoghurt and a drizzle of dry sherry on top if you need extra comforting.