Pea & Ham Soup

🧂 Ingredients

• 1.5 kg frozen peas
• 1.5 liters stock

  veg or chicken
• 1 cloves garlic

  crushed
• 1/2 brown onion

  diced
• 5 g mint
• 30 g butter
• 1 tbsp olive oil
• 1 ham hock
• 1/2 lemon
• 6 peppercorns

  optional
• 1 dried chili

  optional
• 1 bay leaf

  optional
• 4-6 tbsp cream
• mint leaves
• 50 g dark chocolate

  melted

Instructions

• 1 Place the ham hock in a saucepan with water, lemon & spices. Bring to a simmer,
  cover and cook for 90 minutes or until meat is falling off the bone
• 2 Remove meat and place on a baking tray, allow to cool to handle and then
  separate meat from the bone/fat
• 3 In a saucepan sweat the onion & garlic in the butter and oil for 2-3 minutes or
  until soft
• 4 Add stock and cook for a further 3 minutes
• 5 Remove from the heat, add frozen peas and using a stick blender blend until
  smooth
• 6 Pass the soup through a sieve to remove any lumps
• 7 Place as much/little soup as you want in a bowl
• 8 Add a small handful of ham hocks to the centre of the soup, drizzle with a tbsp
  cream and melted chocolate and finish with a few mint leaves

Nutrition Info