Yellow Split Pea and Ham Soup

Name: Yellow Split Pea and Ham Soup
Cuisine: Scottish
Ingredients: 450 g yellow split peas, well rinsed; 1 tsp salt; 1 small smoked ham shank; 1 onion, chopped; 1 tbsp sunflower oil; ½ turnip, peeled and diced; 2 carrots, peeled and diced; salt and freshly ground black pepper; 1 leek, thinly sliced; salt and freshly ground black pepper

Preparation info

Serves
6–8

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

Gloagburn

By Alison Niven

Published 2025

About

Another hearty winter favourite. Cheap and nutritious and feeds a houseful! I love the flavour of neeps in this.

Ingredients

450 g yellow split peas, well rinsed
1 small smoked ham shank
1 tsp

United Kingdom
Winter
Gluten-free
Soup
Scotland

Method

Put the yellow split peas and smoked ham shank in a large pot with the salt and 3 litres of cold water. Bring to the boil, then turn the heat down to medium-low. Skim any scum or foam from the top and leave to simmer away for about 1 hour 30 minutes, until the split peas are very soft and the ham shank is cooked.
While the soup is simmering, put the sunflower o