Pease pudding with goats cheese

Ingredients

1	Onion (fine diced)
30 ml	Olive oil
2 cloves	Garlic (crushed)
200g	Green split peas(soaked overnight)
1	Ham hock
300 ml	Water
½	Nutmeg (grated)
80g	Goats cheese (diced)

Method

1.      Sweat the onion & garlic in the olive until soft.

2.      Add the peas & ham hock.

3.      Cover with the water & bring to the boil, lower the heat & simmer until the ham is cooked.

4.      Remove the ham & set aside with the cooking liquor.

5.      Puree the peas, add the nutmeg & season.

6.      To serve heat through using some of the liquor to moisten, then stir in the goat’s cheese.