Description
From the "best of finnish cooking". The author put together her recipes so that her sons would always have the finnish recipes/dishes at hand. I haven't made it yet. I like the short list of ingredients. Time does not include the overnight soaking.
Ingredients
- Water
- Dried Whole Green Peas
- Smoked Ham
- Dried Marjoram
- Onion
- Cloves
- Salt
Instructions
- Rinse and remove unwanted pieces from the peas
- Cover with cold water and let soak overnight
- Afterwards, drain and rinse the peas
- Peel the onion and stud it with the cloves
- Put everything into the pot with the peas
- Bring to a boil
- Cover, lower heat, and let simmer until they are very soft, about 2 hours, stirring often
- Remove meat from soup
- Trim it from the bones, cutting into small pieces
- Return it to the soup
- Salt to taste and serve