Article: Food: heston blumenthal's pea and ham soup (serves 6).(Features)

Award-winning "culinary alchemist" Heston Blumenthal (right) uses his scientific knowledge to create mouth-watering dishes at his Berkshire restaurant, The Fat Duckingredients 50g (31 / 2 tbsp) butter 200g (2 cups) shallots, sliced 75g (3oz) pancetta, chopped 1 garlic clove, crushed 500g (313 cups) frozen peas, defrosted salt and freshly ground black pepper For the ham hock stock: 1 small onion, cut in half1 large carrot, cut in half 1 celery stick, cut in half 1 large leek (white part only), cut in half 1 garlic clove, crushed 1 bay leaf 4-6 springs of thyme 4 black peppercorns 1 ham hock 2 litres (2 quarts) water To garnish: 2 smoked bacon rashers (slices), cut into 1cm ( 1 / ...

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