Split Pea Soup

Ingredients:

1 onion, diced
2 carrots, peeled and sliced
1 cup (250 ml) yellow split peas
2 cloves garlic, minced
1 tomato, diced
2 potatoes, peeled and diced
8 cups (2 litres) ham stock
2 cups (500 ml) chopped ham
1 tsp (5 ml) black pepper
1 bay leaf

Instructions:

This recipe is designed to use the leftovers from a boiled ham

For an easy main dish, boil a black forest ham for 1 hour per pound

Serve with a honey mustard sauce

When you remove the ham from the pot set the water aside to cool

When ready combine all the ingredients in a large pot and bring to a boil

Reduce heat to simmer and cook until vegetables are soft and the lentils have almost completely dissolved in the
broth (around an hour)

Serve with bread and butter


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