Split Pea Soup
A perfect family lunch or supper.
INGREDIENTS
1/2 pound split green peas
1/2 large onion, quartered
1/2 large garlic clove
3/4 pound smoked ham hocks
3-1/2 cups water
1 medium carrot
1/2 large celery rib
1/2 medium potato
Salt and pepper
4 cups yield
Rinse peas and place in large pot. Peel onion and garlic.
Use metal blade to chop garlic fine, about 10 seconds. Add onion and pulse
until coarsely chopped, about 6 to 8 pulses. Add to pot with ham hocks and
water. Bring to a boil and reduce heat. Cover and simmer for 1 hour, stirring
occasionally. Uncover and simmer until hocks are tender, about 30 to 40
minutes. Stir occasionally and add more water if necessary. Remove hocks and
let them cool while preparing vegetables.
Peel carrot, cut in feed-tube lengths, then
halve lengthwise. Cut celery in feed-tube lengths then halve lengthwise. Peel
potato, halve crosswise then quarter halves lengthwise. Insert slicing disc.
Stand vegetables upright in feed tube and slice with medium to firm pressure. Reserve.
Puree soup with metal blade until smooth, about 15 seconds.
Return to pot. Remove meat from hocks and pulse until coarsely chopped,