Make pea soup

Hernekeitto (pea soup) is a traditional Finnish Thursday meal made from dried peas and smoked meat. Oven pancake is served for dessert.

You will need

• 500 g dried yellow peas
• 400–500 g smoked meat, a ham bone or pork shoulder
• 1 onion
• 2 l water
• Salt, marjoram
• Mustard to serve

Steps

1. Soak the peas

   Soak the peas overnight in plenty of cold water. They swell to about twice their size.

2. Rinse

3. Boil the peas

4. Add the meat and onion

5. Stir now and then

6. Cut up the meat

7. Season

8. Serve

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