Yellow split pea & ham soup

Ingredients

2 ham hocks

6 cups yellow split peas

2 carrots (fine diced)

2 onions (fine diced)

4 celery stalks (fine diced)

2 leeks (fine diced)

1 small swede (fine diced)

Method

1.      Cover the ham hocks with cold water & bring to the boil.

2.      Refresh with cold water & bring back to the boil, turn down to a simmer & add the bouquet garni.

3.      Add the split peas & simmer while intermittently removing any scum that comes to the surface.

4.      When the split peas & ham hocks have become tender add the diced vegetables & cook until soft.

5.      Remove the ham hocks & take the meat of the bone & tear the meat into strips.

6.      Take out the bouquet garni & puree the soup in a liquidiser.

7.      Add the meat back to the soup.

8.      Adjust the seasoning if necessary.