3 Step Bacon And Vegetable Soup

Total Time: 2 hrs 40 mins Preparation Time: 10 mins Cook Time: 2 hrs 30 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 8
• 1 carrot
• 1 onion
• 1 turnip
• 1 swede
• 1 small parsnip
• 400 g bacon, bones
• 2 celery ribs
• 2 1/2 liters cold water
• 350 g split peas

Recipe

• 1 chop all vegetables and put all the ingredients in a large saucepan and bring to the boil.
• 2 simmer briskly until the peas have dissolved and meat is falling off the bacon bones. (approx 2 1/2 hours.)
• 3 remove the bones, remove meat from the bones, chop and put back in the saucepan. (you can puree the vegetable mix before putting the meat back in if you desire a more traditional"pea& ham soup".)