Pease pudding is a delicious, nutritious, easy-to-digest food and it is also very simple to make.Let me first say something that is on my mind. I often wonder why I am publishing these recipes. You see, I sell cans of Foremost brand pease pudding at Blighty's Tuck Store.
If I carry on telling folks how to make Great British food from scratch am I going to kill all my sales at the store?
For that reason, if I ever find a recipe for British Cadbury Dairy Milk chocolate I will never, never publish it or I'll definitely go out of business!
Ingredients
- 1 large chopped onion
- 1 kg dried yellow peas
- 3 Knorr ham stock cubes
- 1 tablespoon butter
- Salt, pepper, garlic
Preparation
- Put the dried peas in a large stock pot, cover with water
- Boil for 30 minutes then leave to stand for at least an hour then drain off all the water
- Cover the peas with just enough ham stock (prepare from scratch, or use Knorr ham stock cubes) to cover the peas, then add a little more so that there is about a couple of centimeters of liquid above the peas
- Add the chopped onion and seasonings
- Boil until the peas are quite soft
- Strain the cooked peas into a mixing bowl and set the remaining liquid to one side (do not discard)
- Add the butter and blend until the peas form a paste. Leave a little texture in the mix - it will taste better.
- Serve with ham, Heinz Piccalilli and your choice of vegetable
This recipe turned out very well. She-Who-Must-Be-Obeyed and I enjoyed a really nice dinner. Well actually I probably made too much pease pudding because we ate the rest the next day too and still had some left over.
There is a side bonus to this recipe. During the preparation we set aside some of the stock used to boil the peas. Take this leftover stock (which now has a very high pea content), stir in some milk and finely chopped ham and warm gently for a splendid ham and pea soup.
But wait, there is a second bonus! If you have as much leftover pease pudding as I did, blend it with some milk and a little more ham stock for even more soup.
Comment from John's evil twin: Make life easy; don't use this recipe. Go to Blighty's Tuck Store and buy a can of pease pudding instead.
