Yellow Split Pea and Ham soup

This recipe uses a ham hough, which isn't the easiest of produce to find. So if all else fails, use ham and ham stock cubes to achieve a similar taste.

INGREDIENTS

1 Ham Hough

250g of yellow split peas. (Lentils also work)

1 onion

2-3 carrots

1 clove of garlic

Seasoning

METHOD

1. The night before cooking, put the lentils in a bowl of water to soak overnight.
2. Boil the Ham Hough in water for 1 hour. At this point I made some Mars Bar Cake to fill in the time.
3. Dice the onion and carrots.
4. Take the Ham Hough out of the pan, and throw in the onion and carrots alongside some seasoning. Remember ham can be quite salty, so salt may not be needed!
5. Remove the fat from the Ham Hough, and then take the meat off of the bone. Chop into dice, and throw it back in the pot.
6. Drain the peas, and put into the soup pan.
7. Boil for a further 1-1 and 1/2 hours.
8. Season and serve.