Description
A delicious and hearty good-for-winter soup. This is the kind of soup where just about anything works.
Ingredients
- 1 pound dried split peas
- 8 cups water
- 1 meaty ham bone
- 1 cup chopped onion
- ¼ teaspoon dried marjoram leaves, crushed
- ¼ teaspoon dried thyme leaves, crushed
- ¼ teaspoon garlic powder
- ½ teaspoon ground black pepper, or to taste
- 1 cup chopped celery
- ½ teaspoon salt, or to taste
Instructions
- Place the peas and water into a large soup pot over medium heat; bring to a boil
- boil for 2 minutes
- and set aside off the heat to cool for 1 hour.
- Place the ham bone into the pot with the peas
- and stir in onion
- marjoram
- thyme
- garlic powder
- and salt; bring to a boil over medium heat
- reduce heat to a simmer
- cover the pot
- and simmer for 2 hours
- stirring occasionally. Remove the ham bone
- and cut as much ham as possible from the bone; chop the ham
- and return to the soup. Stir in celery. Discard ham bone. Bring soup back to a simmer
- and cook for 45 more minutes
- stirring occasionally. Season to taste with salt.
Prep Time: 15 mins
Cook Time: 2 hrs 50 mins
Total Time: 4 hrs 5 mins
Servings: 8