Ham And Pea Purée Soup

Ingredients

• 1 pint green peas
• 3 pints water
• 1 piece fat ham or bacon
• 2 carrots
• 1 onion
• 1 leek
• 1 bay leaf
• parsley
• pepper
• salt
• whole cooked peas
• mint

Method

1. 1 Boil green peas, ham or bacon, carrots, onion, leek, bay leaf, parsley, pepper, and salt in 3 pints of water.
2. 2 Simmer for 2-3 hours, stirring occasionally.
3. 3 Pass the peas and onions through a fine sieve and return the strained liquid to the saucepan.
4. 4 Boil up the mixture, add whole cooked peas and mint, then serve.