Originally Posted by quiltgran2
Does anyone have a really really good recipe for green split pea soup made with a ham hock? I have been wanting a good old fashioned recipe for this for a while and am never satisfied with want I come up with.
I have made Split pea soup for years. I use a crockpot. Put in the peas and the ham hock, water, five peppercorns, some dried onion flakes - not a whole lot and let simmer for four hours or so until the hock meat comes off easily. Then, here it comes, I add about three thin sliced carrots, some celery slices and about 1/2C instant barley. Because it is instant it works fast and you will find you may need more - just a little bit at a time. You can add a little more water if the ham hock took up a lot of room and you find that you don't have enough soup juice there. The barley gives the soup a whole new texture and it is really good. I like my pea soup smooth, not lumpy. I usually keep it cooking all day long. I don't add any salt. The ham hock is salty enough! I serve it with soft bread sticks. Love to butter the sticks and dip them in the soup!
Hope it works for you - as a matter of fact I have a ham hock and split peas, sounds good for a dinner this week. Thanks for the idea. Edie