Vegetable soup with smoked pork

Winter is the season of smoked soups – warm, filling and delicious. So let’s make one with vegetables and smoked pork.

Ingredients:

• 3 carrots
• 2 pieces of smoked pork leg
• frozen peas
• 2 bell peppers
• 1 white onion
• 1 bunch of green onion
• 2 tablespoons rice
• 1-2 tablespoons of tomato/pepper paste
• 1 bunch of parsley and one of celery

Instructions:

1. Boil the smoked pork in the pressure cooker until is is tender.
2. Cut the vegetables into little pieces or if you prefer you can grate them.
3. When the pork is cooked, in 2 tablespoons of olive oil saute the vegetables and then add some water from the pressure cooker and let them boil.
4. When the vegetables are boiled, add the smoked pork (detached from the bones), 2 tablespoons washed rice and the pea.
5. When the soup is almost done add two tablespoons of tomato or pepper paste and the chopped parsley and celery.
6. You can sour it with juice  from spicy pickled peppers.

Bon appetite!

Credit image: taste.com.au