Appears in Cook's Country February/March 2016
Make no bones about it, you can still have a tasty slow-cooker split pea soup without a holiday ham.
To give our split pea soup a rich, smoky flavor, we use a 1-pound ham steak in addition to a smoked ham hock. After the soup is done, we remove the ham steak and ham hock. We then shred the ham steak (and discard the ham hock) and return th...