A delicious and hearty good-for-winter soup. This is the kind of soup where just about anything works.
Ingredients
- split peas: 1 pound (dried)
- water: 8 cups
- meaty ham bone: 1 piece
- onion: 1 cup (chopped)
- marjoram leaves: 0.25 tsp (crushed, dried)
- thyme leaves: 0.25 tsp (crushed, dried)
- garlic powder: 0.25 tsp
- ground black pepper: 0.5 tsp (to taste)
- celery: 1 cup (chopped)
- salt: 0.5 tsp (to taste)
Metric Conversion
Stages of cooking
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Place the peas and water into a large soup pot over medium heat; bring to a boil, boil for 2 minutes, and set aside off the heat to cool for 1 hour.
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Place the ham bone into the pot with the peas, and stir in onion, marjoram, thyme, garlic powder, and salt; bring to a boil over medium heat, reduce heat to a simmer, cover the pot, and simmer for 2 hours, stirring occasionally. Remove the ham bone, and cut as much ham as possible from the bone; chop the ham, and return to the soup. Stir in celery. Discard ham bone. Bring soup back to a simmer, and cook for 45 more minutes, stirring occasionally. Season to taste with salt.
