Peas with ham recipe

Eating a good, healthy and balanced diet is one of the fundamental points to enjoy good well-being, both physical and mental. Traditional recipes continue to be the best safe-conduct to grow in health, thanks to the fact that they are made with natural foods and rich in nutrients. If you are looking to expand your gastronomic options with a delicious typical dish from good stoves, here we leave you one delicious recipe for peas with ham.

You're just going to need some peas and buy cubes of cured ham. Furthermore, it is very easy to make and suitable for all palates. Do you dare to try it?

Peas with ham, grandmother's recipe

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Peas with ham recipe

Peas with ham is a dish that goes back to the traditional stoves that our grandmothers prepared with such care. However, and although they are still present on the menus of Spanish homes, they have been losing some little tricks that manage to give them the most special touch. Peas with ham can be enjoyed in any corner of Spain, although it is in Asturias where we can enjoy it with that flavor and texture of the most traditional cuisine. If you are wanting to know the authentic Asturian recipe peas with ham, here we leave them, step by step.

Author Cooking Recipes

Kitchen: Traditional

Recipe type: Vegetables

Rations: 4

Preparation time:  10m

Cooking time:  5m

Total time:  15m

Ingredients

• 750 gr of peas or arbeyos
• Chicken soup
• 250 gr of Serrano or Iberian ham cubes
• 4 medium tomatoes
• 1 medium onion
• 3 cloves of garlic
• 1 small bell pepper
• Parsley
• Sal Island

Preparation

1. The first thing is to prepare a chicken broth. We can use the ones that are already prepared, but much better if it is homemade.
2. Submerge the peas, after stripping them of their pods, in the broth and cook. You can add a pinch of salt, although it must be taken into account that the ham will later add its touch of salt. Be careful not to abuse.
3. Let cook until the peas are tender. You have to be careful and watch that they remain whole and crunchy, without letting go of the skin.
4. We make a sauce with the pepper and the chopped onion. When it is transparent add the garlic, parsley and chopped tomatoes.
5. Respecting the different tastes, you can leave the sauce as it is or pass it through the potato mill to leave a smoother cream.
6. Add to the peas and stir carefully so as not to break the peas.
7. Before serving, introduce the ham cubes that, previously, we will have fried in a little oil.
8. The traditional recipe should be left with a little broth. And now all that remains is to try and rectify the salt if necessary.

Nutritional information per serving

Calories: 55

3.5.3226

The key: choose the best ingredients

In addition to the careful preparation, it is also necessary to know how to choose the best ingredients. The peas or arbeyos it is better to buy them fresh and with its scabbard. You will only have to peel them before introducing them into the broth.

As for the cubes of cured ham, much better if it is Iberian. The multiple benefits offered by this delicacy are well known. It is an important source of vitamins, proteins and minerals, being perfect for any type of diet. Much more when you need an extra push of motivation for children to eat vegetables.

Start the stove now and let yourself be seduced by this wonderful dish that will surely become the star of your best menus. Because as the famous Chinese writer Lin Yutang would say: "Our lives are not in the hands of our gods, but in the hands of our cooks."