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Wednesday 19 January 2011

Christmas Pea and Ham soup... (or, another way with leftovers)

So, I have two litres of stock left over from boiling the Christmas Ham in the last December post. What I didn't mention is that the stock isn't water... its apple juice (the 100% kind) and ... CIDER! (oo-arrr!) . Sweet applyness isn't in it! ... ;-) .
250g of red lentils (split peas) into the pot, bring to the boil and let simmer for maybe 50 minutes ... throw in the chopped up bits of ham left over (and frozen) from New Years Day , whizz with the whizzer and thats it.SOUP to warm the most frozen soul . It's that simple. Who needs Heinz? I have had it two days running for lunch at work and its lovely... yum...

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