Lou's Pea and ham soup
- Preparation and cooking time
- Total time
- Easy
- Serves 4
Skip to ingredients
- 1-2 tbsp olive oil
- 1 large onion chopped
- 1 clove garlic crushed
- 4 rashers/125g bacon chopped
- 2 large or 3 medium potatoes, peeled and cut into chunks
- 600ml/1pt vegetable or chicken stock
- 300ml/1/2pt milk
- 500g peas, frozen or fresh
- 4 slices/125g cooked ham cut into small pieces
Method
step 1
Heat the oil in a large saucepan. Gently fry the onions, garlic and bacon over a low heat for about 10 mins until the onions are soft and the bacon is browned.step 2
Add the potatoes and stock to the pan, bring to the boil, turn down heat and simmer for about 10 mins until potatoes are cooked.step 3
Pour in milk and tip peas into pan, simmer for a further few mins until peas are done. remove from heat.step 4
Add chopped ham to the pan, then blend until smooth.step 5
season with salt, pepper and a little sugar if needed.step 6
Serve with big wedges of homemade crusty bread.
