British

Pea and Ham Soup with Crusty Bread

Name: Pea and Ham Soup with Crusty Bread
Total time: 55 min
Yield: 4 servings
Cuisine: British
Ingredients: 1.5 cups dried green split peas; 8 oz ham; 1 onion; 2 carrots; 5 cups chicken stock; 1 tbsp butter; 4 crusty bread rolls; 1/2 tsp salt; 1/4 tsp black pepper

Margaret @margaret_yorkshire

Pea and Ham Soup with Crusty Bread is British home cooking, eaten at dinner and lunch. On the plate it is the dish at the centre and the soup. Below is what usually sits beside it, what it does and does not contain, and what else to cook once you have made it.

55 min Medium High fiber

Ingredients

Serves

The quantities follow this count.

1.5 cups dried green split peas
8 oz ham
1 onion
2 carrots
5 cups chicken stock
1 tbsp butter
4 crusty bread rolls
1/2 tsp salt
1/4 tsp black pepper

How to cook it

Melt the butter in a large pot and cook the diced onion and carrot until soft, about 6 minutes.
Add the split peas and chicken stock, bring to a simmer, and cook until the peas are very tender, about 40 minutes, skimming any foam.
Stir in the diced ham and simmer 5 minutes more to heat through.
Blend part of the soup until smooth for a thicker texture if you like, then stir it back in for a rustic finish.
Season with salt and pepper and serve hot with the crusty bread rolls.

Watch how to cook Pea and Ham Soup with Crusty Bread

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Serve it with

A British dinner is a plate rather than a single dish. These are the courses that normally sit beside Pea and Ham Soup with Crusty Bread, read from the same composition Dinejot builds a real meal from.

The cooked vegetable
- Cauliflower Cheese
  
  40 min
What it is eaten with
- British Mashed Potatoes
  
  30 min

Safe at your table

Dinejot tracks ten allergens and tags every one of them by hand, so the absences below are as deliberate as the presences. Pea and Ham Soup with Crusty Bread carries dairy and gluten. It is free of the remaining 8 allergens on that list.

Every tracked allergen in Pea and Ham Soup with Crusty Bread
Allergen	In this dish	Cook this instead
Peanuts	No
Tree nuts	No
Dairy	Yes	Chicken Salad with New Potatoes
Gluten	Yes	Bubble and Squeak
Shellfish	No
Eggs	No
Soy	No
Fish	No
Sesame	No
Coconut	No

These tags are set by a person rather than inferred from an ingredient list, and they describe the recipe as written here. Read the labels on whatever you actually buy.

What it brings to the plate

Estimated, per serving

Calories: 560 kcal
Protein: 35 g
Carbs: 83 g
Fat: 10 g
Fiber: 21 g
Sugar: 7 g
Sodium: 1600 mg
Saturated fat: 4 g

Estimated values. Actual nutrition varies with ingredients, brands, and how you cook.

When to cook it

Pea and Ham Soup with Crusty Bread takes about 55 minutes from a cold stove to the table, and the cooking itself is a fair bit of work. It is eaten at dinner and lunch. Nothing in the calendar rules it out, so it is a year round dish.