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Pease Pudding

Name: Pease Pudding
Yield: 3 servings
Ingredients: 1 uncooked ham hock or ham joint (from a butcher shop); 250–375 g dried yellow split peas; 1 knob of butter

Pease pudding, sometimes known as pease pottage or pease porridge, is a simmered pea preparation, which mainly consists of split yellow or carlin peas, water, salt and spices, often cooked with a bacon or ham joint. It is similar in texture to hummus (but harder to cut), light yellow in colour, with a mild taste. Pease pudding was traditionally produced in England, especially in the industrial Northern areas, though it is now widely available, often in butcher's shops (due to the bacon connection). It is often served with ham and stottie cakes.

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Ingredients

Makes

1 uncooked ham hock or ham joint (from a butcher shop)
250–375 g dried yellow split peas
1 knob of butter

Ingredients for 3 servings (355 g) · the original recipe

Method

1
Put the ham hock in a pressure cooker and cover with water.
Pressure cooker
2
With the lid on bring to the boil (full pressure).
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3
Lower the heat and simmer for 30–40 minutes.
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4
Remove from the heat and release the pressure. Take out the hock and put to one side.
5
Add the split peas.
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With the lid on, bring back to the boil.
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7
Again lower the heat to a simmer (as low as possible).
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Simmer for 25–30 minutes.
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Remove from the heat and release the pressure.
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Put the contents into a bowl with the butter, and mix with a balloon type whisk.
11
Leave to cool.
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Serve on white bread or stottie cake, alone or with ham from the hock. Refrigerate when cool.

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