Leftover Ham and Lentil Soup.
Hello everybody, it's Louise, welcome to my recipe site. Today, I'm gonna show you how to prepare a special dish, leftover ham and lentil soup. One of my favorites food recipes. This time, I'm gonna make it a bit unique. This will be really delicious.
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To get started with this recipe, we have to 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:
- {Take of Base.
- {Get of Hunk of butter (or oil).
- {Prepare 1 of onion, diced.
- {Get 3 cloves of garlic.
- {Make ready 3 of carrots.
- {Make ready 1 tsp of flour.
- {Make ready Splash of wine.
- {Get 1 cup of stock (chicken/pork/veggie all work).
- {Get of Bouquet Garni (herb bundle).
- {Make ready of Cheesecloth.
- {Make ready of Butcher’s twine.
- {Take 1 of cinnamon stick.
- {Get 2 of bay leaves, broken.
- {Make ready 2 of allspice.
- {Get 2 of star anise.
- {Get 4 of cloves.
- {Prepare 1/2 tsp of black peppercorns.
- {Prepare 1/2 tsp of fenugreek.
- {Get 1 of dried chili pepper.
- {Prepare 1 tsp of thyme.
- {Make ready of The Soup.
- {Get 1 cup of dry lentils (green or yellow).
- {Take 1 of Tupperware of leftover roasted ham, diced.
- {Get 1/2 tsp of cumin (optional).
- {Prepare 1/2 tsp of garam masala (optional).
- {Make ready of Salt and pepper.
- {Make ready of Garnish.
- {Make ready of Chopped fresh cilantro.
- {Make ready of Sour cream.
- {Get of Croutons.
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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