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Jen P. wrote:
> Someone on another NG I read posted a message asking for home made soup
> recipes, and that made me think about how really nice a good pot of
> 'comfort soup' would be! What's your favourite, easy-to-make,
> just-leave-it-to-cook, warm, comforting soup? Do you do anything
> different to make yours special? I sent the poster my favourite: split
> pea and ham! Mine's not a special recipe, but I do like it!
>
> I soak the split peas (yellow or green, doesn't really matter) overnight
> in water that started out boiling. About an hour or two before I want
> to eat, I sauté an onion and a clove or two of garlic (all diced) in a
> little butter, cut a couple of lean gammon steaks into cubes (or smoked
> bacon or lardons or pancetta cubes or whatever. Something vaguely
> bacony, anyway) and add those to the onions and stir fry for a bit.
> Drain and rinse off the peas, add them to the pot and mix everything up
> together. Cover with chicken or vegetable stock, cook until the peas
> are tender enough for your liking and season to taste. I like to cook
> mine to mush rather than blending any of it in a blender or with a hand
> mixer. Saves a bit of washing up! heh If you're feeling extra
> decadent, a little good cheddar grated into it it also nice (but be sure
> not to over salt if you're adding cheese after seasoning).
>
> That's it really... nosh with some good, crusty bread.
>
> -Jen


Split pea comes out really well in the crockpot. I add a bag a peas, a
chopped up large onion, sliced carrots, a cubed potato, 2 cloves of
garlic, a ham bone with meat or some cubed ham. Add water to an inch
from the top and let it go all day.