Norwegian Yellow Pea Soup With Ham Food

CANADIAN YELLOW SPLIT PEA SOUP WITH HAM

Steps:

• Place split peas, ham bone, carrots, onion, celery, thyme, bay leaf, salt, and pepper into a large pot; pour in water. Bring mixture to a boil and skim off any foam with a spoon. Reduce heat; place a lid on the pot slightly ajar to allow some evaporation. Simmer, stirring occasionally, until peas are tender and soup is thick, about 3 hours.
• Remove ham bone from soup; strip meat from ham bone, chop meat, and return it to the pot.

YELLOW SPLIT PEA AND HAM SOUP RECIPE

Steps:

• Rinse the peas thoroughly and put them in a large bowl.
• Cover with cold water and set aside, covered, overnight.
• Drain peas and put in a big stockpot
• Pour in stock, or water, bring to the boil and boil for 10 minutes
• Add the onion, carrot, celery, herbs and gammon
• Bring back to the boil, skim off any scum, then reduce the heat to very low
• Cover and simmer for 1½ hours.
• Take out the gammon. Set aside to cool a little
• Remove the bay leaves and sprigs of thyme.
• Blend the peas, vegetables and stock in a food processor until smooth
• Put back into the pan and heat through for serving, adjusting the consistency and checking for seasoning.
• Remove the skin and fat from the gammon and shred the meat (you should have about 350g/12oz) into small pieces.
• Serve the hot soup with chunks of meat added, and garnish with parsley

YELLOW SPLIT PEA SOUP WITH HAM

Steps:

• In a large soup pot, combine dry peas, ham and water. Heat to boiling over high heat and skim off any residue that rises to the surface.
• Add chopped onions, marjoram and thyme. Heat to boiling over high heat.
• Reduce heat to low. Simmer, covered for 1 hour.
• Add carrots, celery, parsley, salt and pepper. Cook, covered, over medium-low heat, until peas are tender, about 30 minutes.
• Discard ham bone if there is one. Serve hot.

NORWEGIAN YELLOW PEA SOUP

Steps:

• First, soak 1-pound whole or split peas in cold water overnight.
• The peas will swell so make sure to more than cover them with water.
• Rinse, drain, and pick over the peas before adding to soup pot along with ham bone with enough water to more than cover them.
• Add the remaining ingredients.
• Simmer covered for about 45 minutes on low to medium heat.
• Check soup about every 15 minutes to make certain that it has enough water and also to stir to prevent burning.
• Remove ham bone from pot.
• Cut off the bone whatever meat still clings to it and add those pieces to the soup.
• Serve.

NORWEGIAN YELLOW PEA SOUP WITH HAM

Steps:

• Drain Peas from water. In a large stock pot add 8 cups water, the Peas, The Ham, all your chopped up veggies, and I used about 3Tbs of Sea Salt, but you use whatever is desired.
• Bring to a boil, then reduce heat to simmer, let simmer 8 hours, stirring about every half hour.(I started ours at 8:00am so we could eat dinner about 4:00pm).
• Serve with a light salad and some hot bread. Some people like to add some spicy mustard to the soup.

SCANDINAVIAN YELLOW PEA SOUP

Steps:

• Wash and drain peas. Cover with cold water and soak overnight or according to package directions. Drain and place in large kettle with 3 quarts water. Slowly bring to a boil. Cooked covered over medium heat for 1 hour. Skim off pea skins as they float to the top. Add bacon or salt pork. ( If pork is very salty, soak in cold water for 30 minutes, drain and pat dry.) Cover soup and simmer over lowest possible heat for about 2 hours, stirring occasionally. the peas should be of puréed consistency. Add celeriac or celery, leeks, carrots, potatoes, onions, thyme and Canadian bacon to soup during last 45 minutes of cooking time. Stir soup occasionally and check for desired consistency; if necessary, add a little hot water. When ready to serve, remove bacon or salt pork and Canadian bacon to heated platter and slice. Serve soup and sliced meats separately. The meats may also be served cold, if desired.