Hearty Ham and Split Pea Soup with Potatoes

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Appears in Cook's Illustrated March/April 1999, America's Test Kitchen TV

SERVES6

TIME3¾ to 4¼ hours

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WHY THIS RECIPE WORKS

After much testing we discovered that ham was indeed necessary for the best split pea soup recipe; broths made without ham tasted weak and those made with ham substitutions tasted processed. A ham bone was key to flavorful broth, and the te...

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