Ham Hock and Vegetable Soup
Ham Hock and Vegetable Soup
Ham hock and vegetable soup
1 ham hock
1 carrot, peeled and cut into 1 cm dice
½ small turnip, peeled and cut into 1cm dice
2 sticks celery, 1cm dice
2 onions, finely chopped
1 leek, split, washed and chopped finely
4 stalks soup celery, washed and chopped finely
2 large potatoes, peeled and cut into 1cm dice
Handful chopped parsley
Salt to taste
Place the ham hock in a large saucepan or casserole pot and add the carrot, turnip, celery and onion. Cover with water and either place on a stove top and simmer until ham is fork tender or cover and place in a 180oc oven and cook until fork tender. Either way it will take a couple of hours.
Add the leek, soup celery and potato and cook until potatoes are soft 0 about 20 minutes.
Add the parsley and check seasoning.
Serve.
