Hello everybody, I hope you’re having an incredible day today. Today, I’m gonna show you how to make a special dish, leftover ham and lentil soup. One of my favorites. For mine, I’m gonna make it a little bit unique. This will be really delicious.
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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.
To begin with this recipe, we must prepare a few components. 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:
- Make ready Base
- Take Hunk of butter (or oil)
- Take 1 onion, diced
- Get 3 cloves garlic
- Make ready 3 carrots
- Get 1 tsp flour
- Take Splash wine
- Take 1 cup stock (chicken/pork/veggie all work)
- Get Bouquet Garni (herb bundle)
- Get Cheesecloth
- Take Butcher’s twine
- Get 1 cinnamon stick
- Take 2 bay leaves, broken
- Make ready 2 allspice
- Prepare 2 star anise
- Make ready 4 cloves
- Prepare 1/2 tsp black peppercorns
- Make ready 1/2 tsp fenugreek
- Prepare 1 dried chili pepper
- Make ready 1 tsp thyme
- Get The Soup
- Get 1 cup dry lentils (green or yellow)
- Get 1 Tupperware of leftover roasted ham, diced
- Get 1/2 tsp cumin (optional)
- Get 1/2 tsp garam masala (optional)
- Take Salt and pepper
- Make ready Garnish
- Take Chopped fresh cilantro
- Make ready Sour cream
- Get Croutons
For meat lovers, add extra diced leftover ham, sliced smoked sausage, or diced cooked bacon in addition to or in place of the ham. Italian Lentil Soup with Ham and a Parmesan Rind An Italian Lentil soup is healthy and hearty! My version is spicy and includes lots of garlic and leftover Easter ham. Ham and lentil soup is great for lunch or as a comforting, warming snack.
Steps 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!
My version is spicy and includes lots of garlic and leftover Easter 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. Warm olive oil is stock pot over medium heat. Add diced onions and sliced carrots.
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