Slow Cooker Pea and Ham Soup – Batch Cook Recipe

This hearty and super healthy soup is great for chilly winter lunches. We love it served with warm crusty bread and lashings of mint sauce.

Ingredients

2 kg Frozen Peas £1.18
1 kg Gammon £3.45
1kg Onions 50p
1 Bulb Garlic 14p
Pork Stock

Total Cost = £5.27

Makes 18 servings = 29p per serving

I’m using homemade pork stock because I had some availible. I’d normally use four stock cubes.

How To Cook Slow Cooker Pea and Ham Soup

Start by mincing the garlic.

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Then chop the onions and fry them both until they’re soft.

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Sling them into the slow cooker along with the whole gammon joint.

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Empty the bags of frozen peas on top.

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Then pour over the pork stock.

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Stir it as best you can around the meat.

Leave it to cook on low for about 4 – 5 hours.

Remove the gammon and cut it into bite sized pieces.

Blend the remining soup until it’s as smooth as you’d like it to be.

Then return the chopped ham to the slow cooker and give it a stir.

Portion into freezer proof tubs and leave the soup to cool completely before popping it in the freezer.

Tasting Notes

We love this soup served with lashings of homemade mint sauce.

Traditional English Mint Sauce Recipe for Water Bath Canning

I do hope my Pea and Ham Soup recipe has inspired you to have ago at making up a batch for yourself.

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