Hey everyone, it is John, welcome to our recipe site. Today, we’re going to make a special dish, leftover ham and lentil soup. One of my favorites food recipes. For mine, I am going to make it a bit tasty. This is gonna smell and look delicious.
Leftover Ham and Lentil Soup is one of the most well liked of current trending meals on earth. It’s simple, it’s fast, it tastes delicious. It is enjoyed by millions daily. Leftover Ham and Lentil Soup is something which I’ve loved my whole life. They are nice and they look fantastic.
To begin with this recipe, we must prepare a few ingredients. You can have 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:
- Get Base
- Make ready Hunk of butter (or oil)
- Get 1 onion, diced
- Get 3 cloves garlic
- Prepare 3 carrots
- Prepare 1 tsp flour
- Get Splash wine
- Make ready 1 cup stock (chicken/pork/veggie all work)
- Take Bouquet Garni (herb bundle)
- Make ready Cheesecloth
- Prepare Butcher’s twine
- Get 1 cinnamon stick
- Make ready 2 bay leaves, broken
- Make ready 2 allspice
- Make ready 2 star anise
- Get 4 cloves
- Prepare 1/2 tsp black peppercorns
- Get 1/2 tsp fenugreek
- Take 1 dried chili pepper
- Prepare 1 tsp thyme
- Take The Soup
- Make ready 1 cup dry lentils (green or yellow)
- Take 1 Tupperware of leftover roasted ham, diced
- Take 1/2 tsp cumin (optional)
- Make ready 1/2 tsp garam masala (optional)
- Get Salt and pepper
- Take Garnish
- Make ready Chopped fresh cilantro
- Prepare Sour cream
- Make ready Croutons
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!
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