Larry’s Pea Soup

Serves: 4

 

Source: Larry

Ingredients:

• Ham bone
• Ham – as much as you want
• 1 chopped onion size dependent on size of batch
• 1 cup of split green peas per 4 cups of water
• 1 tsp vegetable oil
• Pepper to taste

Instructions:

1. In a medium pot saute onions in oil and pepper.
2. Add ham bone, water,  cover and cook for about 2 hours.   Stirring often.
3. When peas have disappeared remove ham bone.
4. For a fancy soup, use immersion blender on soup.
5. Add ham and cook slowly for 30 minutes.
6. If soup is too thick add a little water, but not too much.  Soup is best when consistency of pudding.