Sheilas Bean Ham Soup Food

HAM AND BEANS

Steps:

• Rinse beans in a large pot; discard shriveled beans and any small stones. Add 8 cups of cold water. Let stand overnight or at least 8 hours. Drain and rinse beans.
• Return beans to pot and add ham, onion, brown sugar, salt, pepper, cayenne and parsley and water to cover. Bring to a boil; reduce heat and simmer 1 1/2 to 2 hours, until beans are tender. Add more water if necessary during cooking time.

BASIC HAM AND BEAN SOUP

Steps:

• Rinse the beans, sorting out any broken or discolored ones. In a large pot over high heat, bring the water to a boil. Add the salt and the beans and remove from heat. Let beans sit in the hot water for at least 60 minutes.
• After the 60 minutes of soaking, return the pot to high heat and place the ham bone, carrots, celery, onion, garlic, mustard and bay leaves in the pot. Stir well, bring to a boil, reduce heat to low and simmer for 60 more minutes.
• Remove ham bone and discard. Stir in the chopped ham and simmer for 30 more minutes. Season with ground white pepper to taste.

MY DAD'S PEA SOUP RECIPE WITH HAM BONE

Steps:

• Soak peas overnight.
• Next day Place peas in colander and rinse with cold water.
• Place Ham bone/s in large pot. You may want to remove obvious fat first.
• Add chicken broth and water to cover ham.
• Add rinsed peas to pot.
• Add vegetables to pot.
• Add diced purple top turnips to pot.
• Cook over low heat for about 4 hours. Meat should be coming off the bone.
• Salt to taste.
• Remove bone and discard.
• Remove pieces of meat and save for later or just use fresh cut ham leftover.
• I usually put liquid in a blender to liquefy all the stuff. This usually takes a while to do it all. You'll need an extra pot for the blended pea soup.
• Put blended soup back on stove to heat. Add shredded carrots and the meat (if you wish) and cook for about 20 minutes stirring occasionally.
• You may want to add some salt and maybe some more chicken broth to taste.
• Serve with home made garlic croutons or rye bread.

SPLIT PEA WITH HAM SOUP

Steps:

• Put the peas into a strainer and rinse until the water coming out of the bottom is clear. Pick over to ensure that there are no twigs or small rocks in there.
• Heat olive oil in a stock pot or dutch oven. Saute the onion and celery until soft, about 5 minutes.
• Add the stock and water to the pot and bring to a boil. It's OK if the ratio isn't precise since cartons of stock seem to come in different sizes these days. Just make sure you have 6 cups of liquid in total.
• Add ham bone, bay leaves, rosemary, and thyme. Partially cover and simmer for 1/2 hour.
• Add carrots and diced ham (if you are using it). Partially cover and simmer for another 1/2 hour, or until peas are soft.
• Add salt and pepper to taste.