I have a ham hock

[maduggar]

Right, DH bought a ham hock at the butchers today and lovingly presented it to me to make pea and ham soup!

Help, I have no idea how to make it using the ham. Anyoe got an easy recipe?

Erm, no, sorry. But I do have a recipe for cooking a hock with maple syrup and cannelini beans which is very nice. (You can use the squeezy maple-flavoured syrup if you don't want to spend a fiver on the real thing).

Actually, will go and have a look in Mum's old Reader's Digest cookbook...bound to be something in there.

Back soon...

Put ham in slow cooker, with roughly chopped onion, carrot, bay leaf and peppercorns. Cook all day on low.
Drain ham, keeping stock, and shred off meat.

Strain stock.
Following day return stock to SC with dried peas, more onion and carrot. Leave all day until peas are soft then blend. Add in shredded ham

Ta Da!

Just found this on the tinterwebby thingy...any good?

Ingredients
1 tbsp butter
2 onions, finely chopped
1 clove garlic, finely chopped
small handful of thyme, leaves only
800 g frozen peas
1 ham bone
1 litres vegetable, pork or chicken stock

Method

1. Heat the butter in a large saucepan over a medium heat and add the onions, garlic, thyme and peas. Cook for 3-4 minutes, stirring constantly.

1. Add the ham bone and stock.

1. Bring to the boil and simmer for 1 hour.

1. Remove the ham bone; transfer the mixture to a blender and whiz until smooth. Serve immediately.

Oh wow, lots or replies so quickly! Thanks!

So I need to boil the darn thing twice before making the soup? Ha ha wont be for tea tonight then!

Thanks for the replies, will make a start tonight then, and let it cook overnight.

I wouldn't normally put the ham in the soup.
On the first day I'd have the ham as part of another meal, either a roast or with egg and chips and then the soup the following day.
It stretches it a bit further and you still have all the lovely ham flavour in the soup.

You can just soak it in cold water overnight, then drain it and boil it once. Still quite salty so don't add any salt or bouillon.