Betty Crocker's Split Pea Soup (revised)

Total Time: 3 hrs 25 mins Preparation Time: 25 mins Cook Time: 3 hrs

Ingredients

• Servings: 8
• 1 lb dried split peas (about 2 1/4 cups)
• 8 cups water
• 1 large onion, chopped (about 1 cup)
• 1 cup celery, finely chopped
• 1/4 teaspoon pepper (or more)
• 1 ham bone (or 2 lbs. ham shanks, or smoked lamb hocks)
• 3 medium carrots, cut into 1/4 inch slices
• sea salt, course

Recipe

• 1 rinse and sort peas. heat peas and water to boiling in dutch oven. boil uncovered 2 minutes. simmer on low 1 hour.
• 2 stir onion, celery and pepper. add ham shanks. heat to boiling; reduce heat. cover and simmer about 2 hours or until peas are a little mushy.
• 3 remove ham bone; remove ham from bone. trim excess fat from ham; cut ham into 1/2 inch pieces. (if you would like to skim the fat, do so now).
• 4 stir ham and carrots into soup. heat to boiling; reduce heat. cover and simmer until carrots are tender and soup is of desired consistency, about 30 minutes. add salt and extra pepper (if needed) to taste.