Canadian Pea Soup

By JimMac

Ingredients

• 1 lb dried whole yellow peas
• 1 T butter
• 1 large onion, chopped
• 1 lb salt pork, cut into cubes
• ham bone
• 12 cups water
• 1 t dried savory
• 3 T dried mustard
• salted herbs (Miscellaneous section)
• pepper to taste

Details

Servings 12

Preparation

Step 1

Method:

Place peas in a colander; rinse under running water. Put peas in a large stockpot; cover with cold water and allow to soak overnight.

In a large pot, melt the butter and saute onion until softened, about 2 minutes.

Add peas, salt pork, ham bone, water, carrots, dried mustard and savory. Bring to boil; cover and simmer for about 1-1/2 hours. Simmer soup until peas are tender (may take 30 minutes more).

Remove 2 cups peas from soup and process in food processor; stir back into soup. Remove meat from salt pork - discard fat and return meat to soup. Remove ham bone; cut meat off the bone and return to soup.

Adjust seasonings using the salted herbs, and serve.