Hey everyone, I hope you are having an amazing day today. Today, I’m gonna show you how to prepare a distinctive dish, leftover ham and lentil soup. It is one of my favorites food recipes. For mine, I will make it a bit unique. This is gonna smell and look delicious.
Leftover Ham and Lentil Soup includes super yummy leftovers from the Riesling-Peach Glazed Ham and makes a hearty, healthy, and tasty dinner! How to make Ham and Lentil Soup in a Dutch oven on the stove: Heat olive oil in the Dutch oven over medium-high heat until shimmering. In a Dutch oven, bring ham bone and water to a boil.
Leftover Ham and Lentil Soup is one of the most popular of current trending meals in the world. It is simple, it’s quick, it tastes delicious. It is appreciated by millions every day. They’re fine and they look fantastic. Leftover Ham and Lentil Soup is something which I’ve loved my entire life.
To get started with this particular recipe, we have to 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:
- Take Base
- Make ready Hunk of butter (or oil)
- Get 1 onion, diced
- Take 3 cloves garlic
- Get 3 carrots
- Prepare 1 tsp flour
- Get Splash wine
- Get 1 cup stock (chicken/pork/veggie all work)
- Make ready Bouquet Garni (herb bundle)
- Get Cheesecloth
- Make ready Butcher’s twine
- Take 1 cinnamon stick
- Make ready 2 bay leaves, broken
- Make ready 2 allspice
- Take 2 star anise
- Get 4 cloves
- Take 1/2 tsp black peppercorns
- Make ready 1/2 tsp fenugreek
- Prepare 1 dried chili pepper
- Make ready 1 tsp thyme
- Take The Soup
- Prepare 1 cup dry lentils (green or yellow)
- Take 1 Tupperware of leftover roasted ham, diced
- Make ready 1/2 tsp cumin (optional)
- Make ready 1/2 tsp garam masala (optional)
- Make ready Salt and pepper
- Prepare Garnish
- Get Chopped fresh cilantro
- Prepare Sour cream
- Take Croutons
An interesting and delicious twist on what seems like an an ordinary lentil soup. I made this with bacon instead of cooked ham, sautéing the bacon with the veggies and lentils at the beginning. Add: water, ham bone, onion, carrots, celery, parsley, garlic,basil, oregano. Heat the olive oil in a large pot over medium-high heat.
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!
Your family will love this classic, slow-simmered lentil soup. The hearty soup includes carrots, celery, and onions, along with basic seasonings. 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 enjoyed in a big steamy bowl). A ham bone left over from a previous meal gets a second chance when simmered with lentils and vegetables to make a hearty soup in less than an hour.
So that is going to wrap this up for this exceptional food leftover ham and lentil soup recipe. Thank you very much for your time. I am sure you will make this at home. There’s gonna be interesting food at home recipes coming up. Remember to bookmark this page in your browser, and share it to your family, friends and colleague. Thanks again for reading. Go on get cooking!
