Pea and ham soup...

[TrillianA]

So, I've boiled a ham, and I have dried split peas. The peas say they need to be soaked overnight, then boiled for 10 mins before they can be used for anything.

The question is: do I soak and boil them in the ham stock? Or do I soak and boil them, discard the water, and then put them in with the ham stock? And are they going to expand massively, so should I not use the whole packet?

PS any suggestions for making my soup be lovely would much appreciated.

No-one?

Soak in water and boil them, I think. I believe it's to get rid of toxins (or it is with some beans!) And measurements depends on how much stock you have!

Thanks. I'm not suree what toxins there are in peas, but there must be something there or else they wouldn't say about the boiling.

I have a big saucepan full of stock. Helpful, I know. I guess the peas are cheap so I'll soak all of them, better to have too many than not enough when there's an overnight step involved.

Recipe and Toxins, hope this helps.

Sorry, am a crap soup maker so can't help, but just have to say, for Scottish MNers of a certain age...

"Pea and ham. From a chicken. Now that's clever".

If anyone is interested, dried split peas expand to about twice their size after soaking, so I now have lots and lots.