Finnish Dried Pea Soup (Hernekeitto - Finland)

Ingredients 

• 8 cups water
• 1 lb dried whole green peas
• 1 lb smoked ham (one large piece with bone)
• 1 teaspoon dried marjoram
• 1 onion
• 2 cloves
• 1 -2 teaspoon salt

Directions

• Rinse and take away unwanted items from the peas. cowl with cold water and let soak long.

• Afterwards, drain and rinse the peas. Peel the onion and stud it with the cloves. place everything into the pot with the peas. (Use water for the eight cups, not the soaking water.).

• bring around a boil; cowl, lower heat, and let simmer till they're terribly soft, concerning two hours, stirring typically.

• take away meat from soup. Trim it from the bones, cutting into tiny items. come back it to the soup.

• Salt to style and serve. (I should add, however, that the listed quantity of salt can be an excessive amount of for a few individuals, including adding a lot of at now. However, I've enclosed the amounts listed by the author as a result of she says that Finnish food is extremely salty. Use your own judgement.).