Leftover Ham and Lentil Soup
Leftover Ham and Lentil Soup

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Leftover Ham Soup with Lentils Leftover Ham and Lentil Soup includes super yummy leftovers from the Riesling-Peach Glazed Ham and makes a hearty, healthy, and tasty dinner! It's of Hunk of butter (or oil). In a Dutch oven, bring ham bone and water to a boil. How to make Ham and Lentil Soup in a slow cooker: Heat olive oil in a pan or Dutch oven over medium-high heat until shimmering.

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To begin with this recipe, we have to first prepare a few ingredients. You can cook leftover ham and lentil soup using 30 ingredients and 6 steps. Here is how you cook that.

The ingredients needed to make Leftover Ham and Lentil Soup:
  1. Take Base
  2. Make ready Hunk of butter (or oil)
  3. Take 1 onion, diced
  4. Prepare 3 cloves garlic
  5. Prepare 3 carrots
  6. Make ready 1 tsp flour
  7. Take Splash wine
  8. Make ready 1 cup stock (chicken/pork/veggie all work)
  9. Take Bouquet Garni (herb bundle)
  10. Take Cheesecloth
  11. Get Butcher’s twine
  12. Make ready 1 cinnamon stick
  13. Prepare 2 bay leaves, broken
  14. Get 2 allspice
  15. Take 2 star anise
  16. Make ready 4 cloves
  17. Make ready 1/2 tsp black peppercorns
  18. Take 1/2 tsp fenugreek
  19. Get 1 dried chili pepper
  20. Get 1 tsp thyme
  21. Take The Soup
  22. Prepare 1 cup dry lentils (green or yellow)
  23. Take 1 Tupperware of leftover roasted ham, diced
  24. Take 1/2 tsp cumin (optional)
  25. Take 1/2 tsp garam masala (optional)
  26. Take Salt and pepper
  27. Make ready Garnish
  28. Prepare Chopped fresh cilantro
  29. Prepare Sour cream
  30. Make ready Croutons

My version is spicy and includes lots of garlic and leftover Easter ham. The lentil soup by itself is delicious and filling, serving all the goodness of lentils in a bowl: high fiber, high protein, and high folate and iron  . For meat lovers, add extra diced leftover ham, sliced smoked sausage, or diced cooked bacon in addition to or in place of the ham. Ham and lentil soup is great for lunch or as a comforting, warming snack.

Instructions to make Leftover Ham and Lentil Soup:
  1. 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.
  2. 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.
  3. 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.
  4. 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.
  5. 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.
  6. Garnish and serve!

For meat lovers, add extra diced leftover ham, sliced smoked sausage, or diced cooked bacon in addition to or in place of the ham. Ham and lentil soup is great for lunch or as a comforting, warming snack. Whether you are using a ham hock or some leftover cooked ham, you can add that flavor to the lentil soup and be guaranteed that it will come out beautifully. Add your delicious veggie mixture to a crock pot or large soup pot. Add the reserved lentil water until everything looks a bit too runny.

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