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Split pea soup

This delicious, low cost, slow-cooker split pea soup is the ultimate cool-weather comfort food.

  • Hands-on time: 20 mins
  • Time to make: 26 mins
  • Serving: 6 people
Ratings: 3.9
Ingredients

Ingredients

  • 1 tablespoon olive oil
  • 1 onion, chopped
  • 2 cloves garlic, chopped
  • 1 ½ cups sliced carrots
  • 1 cup sliced celery stalks
  • 1 leek, light green and white parts only, sliced
  • 2 bay leaves
  • 1 teaspoon dried thyme
  • 8 cups water
  • 200g smoked ham or bacon hock, fat and skin removed
  • 2 cups split yellow or green peas, well rinsed and sorted
    • To serve
    • ground black pepper
    • ¼ cup chopped fresh parsley
    • 6 slices wholegrain toast
    • 1 cup frozen peas, thawed
    • fresh thyme (optional)
  • Always check food labels for allergens or trace warnings before buying your ingredients.
    Ingredients

    Instructions

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    1 Preheat slow cooker on high.

    2 In a large frying pan, heat oil over medium-high. Add onion, garlic, carrots, celery, leek, bay leaves and thyme and cook for 2 minutes. Transfer to slow cooker. Add remaining ingredients and cover.

    3 Turn heat to low and cook for 4 hours (or longer if you are at work).

    4 Remove bay leaves and ham hock from the soup. Shred meat from bone and set aside.

    5 Purée soup using a stick blender.

    6 Add meat back into soup and stir through pepper and parsley.

    7 To serve, divide among bowls with toast on side. Garnish with peas and fresh thyme (if using).

    Variations

    Make it vegan: Omit ham and check toast is vegan.

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