Hello everybody, it is John, welcome to my recipe site. Today, we’re going to make a special dish, leftover ham and lentil soup. It is one of my favorites. This time, I will make it a bit tasty. This will be really delicious.
Leftover Ham and Lentil Soup is one of the most popular of current trending meals in the world. It’s enjoyed by millions daily. It’s simple, it’s quick, it tastes delicious. They are nice and they look wonderful. Leftover Ham and Lentil Soup is something which I’ve loved my entire life.
A leftover meaty ham bone or ham hock flavors this tasty lentil soup. It makes an excellent lunch when the soup is with a sandwich or salad (or just For a heartier dinner soup, add some extra diced leftover ham along with the ham bone or ham hock. Cooked sliced smoked sausage or diced cooked.
To get started with this recipe, we must prepare a few components. You can have leftover ham and lentil soup using 30 ingredients and 6 steps. Here is how you can achieve that.
The ingredients needed to make Leftover Ham and Lentil Soup:
- Get Base
- Take Hunk of butter (or oil)
- Get 1 onion, diced
- Make ready 3 cloves garlic
- Take 3 carrots
- Get 1 tsp flour
- Prepare Splash wine
- Take 1 cup stock (chicken/pork/veggie all work)
- Make ready Bouquet Garni (herb bundle)
- Get Cheesecloth
- Get Butcher’s twine
- Take 1 cinnamon stick
- Prepare 2 bay leaves, broken
- Make ready 2 allspice
- Make ready 2 star anise
- Take 4 cloves
- Make ready 1/2 tsp black peppercorns
- Take 1/2 tsp fenugreek
- Prepare 1 dried chili pepper
- Prepare 1 tsp thyme
- Prepare The Soup
- Prepare 1 cup dry lentils (green or yellow)
- Make ready 1 Tupperware of leftover roasted ham, diced
- Get 1/2 tsp cumin (optional)
- Make ready 1/2 tsp garam masala (optional)
- Take Salt and pepper
- Get Garnish
- Take Chopped fresh cilantro
- Make ready Sour cream
- Make ready Croutons
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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!
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