Hey everyone, it is Drew, welcome to our recipe page. Today, we’re going to prepare a special dish, leftover ham and lentil soup. One of my favorites. For mine, I will make it a little bit tasty. This will be really delicious.
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To begin with this particular recipe, we must first prepare a few ingredients. You can cook leftover ham and lentil soup using 30 ingredients and 6 steps. Here is how you can achieve it.
The ingredients needed to make Leftover Ham and Lentil Soup:
- Prepare Base
- Get Hunk of butter (or oil)
- Get 1 onion, diced
- Make ready 3 cloves garlic
- Prepare 3 carrots
- Take 1 tsp flour
- Get Splash wine
- Prepare 1 cup stock (chicken/pork/veggie all work)
- Make ready Bouquet Garni (herb bundle)
- Prepare Cheesecloth
- Take Butcher’s twine
- Take 1 cinnamon stick
- Take 2 bay leaves, broken
- Make ready 2 allspice
- Get 2 star anise
- Take 4 cloves
- Prepare 1/2 tsp black peppercorns
- Make ready 1/2 tsp fenugreek
- Get 1 dried chili pepper
- Take 1 tsp thyme
- Make ready The Soup
- Take 1 cup dry lentils (green or yellow)
- Get 1 Tupperware of leftover roasted ham, diced
- Take 1/2 tsp cumin (optional)
- Prepare 1/2 tsp garam masala (optional)
- Get Salt and pepper
- Take Garnish
- Take Chopped fresh cilantro
- Get Sour cream
- Prepare Croutons
Put the ham bone, carrots, water, lentils, celery, onion, sugar, pepper, salt and bay leaf in a pot. Cover the pot and bring the soup to a boil. Reduce the heat and simmer the soup for about an hour or until the lentils are tender. Take out the ham bone or hock and remove the meat.
Instructions to make Leftover Ham and Lentil Soup:
- Cook your lentils. Wash dry lentils thoroughly (all sorts of weird stuff turns up in dry lentils, I found a piece of wood in mine). Add to a large pot of boiling water, boil for half an hour and drain, reserving water.
- Make your herb bundle. Double layer a square of cheesecloth. Lay all the things you don’t want to chew in the middle. Bundle it up, tying with butcher’s twine. Do not make my mistake and include veggie stalks - I thought it would be an easy way to impart more flavour, but forgot they would expand and stretch out the cheesecloth.
- Make your base. Melt some butter; sauté onions, carrots, etc. until soft. Add the herb bundle, push it around for a bit, then toss it in the soup pot. Add minced garlic, cooking briefly. Add flour and cook until nutty. Splash in the wine, scraping the bottom of the pan to get the good bits while letting the alcohol evaporate. Slowly incorporate stock.
- Amass the soup! Add your delicious veggie mixture to a crock pot or large soup pot. Add the cooked lentils. Add the reserved lentil water until everything looks a bit too runny. Add cumin and garam masala, if using, and salt and pepper. Cook on low for as long as you’ve got (1-3h) on low heat.
- Get some texture. Dig out the herb bundle and 2 cups of soup. Purée the rest with a hand blender. Return veggies. Fry ham (with basting sauce, if you still have it) and add.
- Garnish and serve!
Reduce the heat and simmer the soup for about an hour or until the lentils are tender. Take out the ham bone or hock and remove the meat. Your family will love this classic, slow-simmered lentil soup. Hearty and filling, it gets flavor and texture from carrots, celery, and onions, while meaty cubes of leftover ham or ham hock add a smoky profile. Our easy-to-make homemade croutons are a great way of repurposing stale bread, and they add creaminess and crunch to the soup.
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