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America’s Test Kitchen’s Split Pea and Ham Soup

  WHY THIS RECIPE WORKS: We wanted a spoon-coasting broth studded with shreds of sweet-smoky meat, without requiring the hambone traditionally used to infuse the soup with flavor. Substituting ham hock made the soup greasy and was skimpy on the meat. Ham steak, however, was plenty meaty and lent a fuller pork flavor. Without the…