Cook's Companion Pea and Ham Soup | Community Recipes | Nigella's Recipes | Nigella Lawson

Ingredients

• 2 cups green split peas (or yellow)
• 1 large diced onion
• 2 carrots (peeled and diced)
• 18 ounces ham hocks (or bacon bones)
• 5¼ pints cold water
• 3 cloves garlic (peeled)
• 1 bay leaf
• 1 sprig thyme
• freshly ground pepper