With winter approaching, hot meals are often front of mind. If you are stuck, try our favourite Pea & Ham soup recipe.
Winter Is Coming Eat Soup – With winter right around the corner its getting to that time of year where you just want to curl up next to the fire with a bowl of your favourite soup. One of my personal favourites is pea and ham soup. Granted I usually make it with left over Christmas ham, but hey, Christmas is too far away and there’s no time like the present!
Special thanks to Slimming World for this fantastic recipe which is one of our favourites.
Serves:4
- Cook time:40 mins
- Ready in: 30-60 Minutes
Ingredients
- 1 onion, peeled and finely chopped
- 1 medium potato, peeled and finely chopped
- 800ml vegetable stock
- 400g frozen peas
- 2 tbsp finely chopped fresh tarragon
- 200g lean ham, diced
- Salt and freshly ground black pepper
- Tarragon sprigs to serve
Method
- Place the onion, potato, stock and peas in a large saucepan. Bring to the boil then reduce the heat and simmer gently for 20 minutes or until the potatoes are tender.
- Stir in the tarragon and using a hand held blender, process the soup until smooth.
- Stir in the ham, reserving some for garnish, and bring back to the boil.
- Season to taste and sprinkle with the remaining ham and tarragon sprigs before serving