If you and your family enjoy eating soups and stews, you might like to learn how to make this split pea ham soup yellow. It is an adaptation of an old fashioned Swedish soup recipe. Long ago, they would make and serve this soup to their family and friends. They might need it with hot buttered rye bread and punch. For dessert, they might need some homemade preserves over some very tiny pancakes. Interestingly, while eating this type of soup they would dip their spoons in mustard and then into their soup before eating it.
You may or may not want to recreate the same type of meal they enjoyed back then. This is fine since you can serve this soup with assorted crackers or assorted breads. A green side salad with cherry tomatoes, lettuce, carrots, mushrooms, and shredded cheesewill go well with this soup.
The most important thing is to enjoy your time with family and friends while preparing some healthy and wholesome meals and snacks for everyone to enjoy. Soup and stew recipes are popular with many people. Soups and stews are some of the oldest of comfort foods you can enjoy today.
Yellow Split Pea Recipe for Ham Soup
What You Need
1 pound yellow split peas 6 cups water 1 1/2 teaspoon salt 1 medium diced onion 2 diced garlic cloves 2 cups diced celery 2 smoked ham hocks 1 pound cubed boneless lean pork 1/2 teaspoon marjoram 1/2 teaspoon thyme 1/8 teaspoon pepper Prepared mustard
How to Make It
To prepare the yellow split peas, you will need to soak them in the 6 cups water or more to cover the peas. Allow them tosit overnight in a large Dutch oven or stewpot.
Pour off the water the next day and add more water. Turn on the heat to high and bring to a boil. Cover and cook for about 2 or 3 minutes. Turn off the heat. Allow the beans to stand covered with a lid for 1 hour.
Pour off the water and add enough water to cover the beans. Return to a boil and then add the salt, diced onion, diced garlic cloves, diced celery, smoked ham hocks, and boneless cubed pork.
Cover and reduce heat to the lowest setting. Simmer on low for 1 to 1 1/2 hours or until the beans are tender and the meat is done. Stir two or three times toward the end of the hour to reduce scorching and burning. Add more water if necessary.
Remove ham hocks. Cut and meat from the bone says. Discard the skins andbones. Return meat to the pot.
Add the marjoram, thyme, and pepper. Stir to combine. You can serve this immediately or allow it to cool for a bit before serving. Traditionally, you will need this type of yellow split pea ham soup in a soup plate with a little prepared mustard dabbed on the rim of the plate.
How To Make Yellow Split Pea Ham Soup Recipe
