Split pea soup | epicuriantime.com

Ingredients

• 6 Tbsp butter or olive oil, divided
• 2 cups chopped leeks, white and green parts
• 2 cups (½-inch) diced carrots
• 1½ cups chopped yellow onion
• 1 Tbsp minced garlic
• 1 lb dried green split peas
• 8 cups chicken or vegetable stock
• 1 smoked ham hock
• 2 tsp kosher salt
• 1 tsp freshly ground black pepper
• 8 fresh thyme sprigs, tied with kitchen twine
• 2 large bay leaves
• 12 oz smoked sausage, halved lengthwise and sliced diagonally into ¼-inch-thick pieces
• Minced fresh parsley, for garnish
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