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Lunch
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Pork
19 April 2022
Categories
Lunch
Dinner
Pork
Warming Bacon Hock and Vegetable Soup
Ingredients
1 smoked, meaty bacon hock
1 finely chopped onion
1 cup green split peas
2 peeled and diced carrots
2 peeled and diced potatoes
1 piece of finely diced ginger (3 cm piece)
2 finely diced garlic cloves
2 litres water
2 fresh bay leaves
1 sprig of rosemary
1 sprig of thyme
1 ground black pepper (to taste)
Parsley to garnish
METHOD
Put all ingredients into a large pot. Bring to a simmer, cook for 2 hours with the lid slightly open.
Remove the rosemary, thyme and bay leaves. Remove the hock. Discard the skin and bone, break up the meat and return to the pot. Taste for seasoning. Garnish with fresh parsley.
Serve hot with a fresh crusty loaf of bread.
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